its a mystery!or not:-p

[tengaku squared]

My language it's a derivation from the Latin language

English is a complete melting pot from pretty much every single language in the world, but mainly Greek, Latin, and surprisingly some Arabic.

[AiSuigetsu]

What's yours, Namu-chan?

And Japanese is closer to Chinese. Most of the kanji's have similar pronounciations to Cantonese.

And in China, the characters are called Hanzi. (Which has a totally different pronounciation than how you would pronounce it in english, just FYI. xP)

That's true, thou idk about the cantonese part cuz im not one

[-The Rising Angel-]

English is a complete melting pot from pretty much every single language in the world, but mainly Greek, Latin, and surprisingly some Arabic.

English doesn't have a little Latin in her

[Wildheart888]

@Namu-chan: Ohh..cool! Latin, huh? I thought ppl didn't use it anymore...xS

@Moho-kun: Reaaaaally. I still won't believe that. Could you maybe...list a few examples?

[tengaku squared]

Two of the examples I've beaten to death:

Newspaper (Shin-moon VS. Shin-boon)

Tea (Cha VS. O-cha)

And don't forgot probably the hundreds of English loan-words, like chocolate, elevator, and television.

[AiSuigetsu]

but so is chinese

world= sekai vs. shijie

tea= cha vs. cha

yes= hai vs. hao

etc, etc

[tengaku squared]

but so is chinese

world= sekai vs. shijie

World in Korean is 세계. I'm stretching a bit, but that's pretty close.

I mean, come on. Korea was freaking occupated by Japan. How many interactions have Japan had with China besides wars? 3?

[-The Rising Angel-]

@Namu-chan: Ohh..cool! Latin, huh? I thought ppl didn't use it anymore...xS

It's a derivation from Latin

[tengaku squared]

I learned Latin, so I can speak stuff in Latin to people, and they just cock their head at a precarious angle, and are like "Wha?"

[AiSuigetsu]

but supposedly japanese ppl came from china from the Qing dynasty

[tengaku squared]

I'm pretty sure Japan was inhabited when the oceans were solid, and when man was spreading from Africa. Of course, Korea was inhabited by similar people to the Chinese, since Korea's directly connected.

When China tried to invade Japan, they failed. Twice. Consider that.

[AiSuigetsu]

I'm pretty sure Japan was inhabited when the oceans were solid, and when man was spreading from Africa. Of course, Korea was inhabited by similar people to the Chinese, since Korea's directly connected.

When China tried to invade Japan, they failed. Twice. Consider that.

that first sentence makes no sense to me at all ^ ^;;

but the story was that the Qingshihuang send five hundred kids on a boat to search for the philosopher's stone, and they ended up on japan

[Wildheart888]

Dude. We pronounce "cha" for tea too.

Here are some of mines:

Ramen vs Lamien(Lamin) in Canto. (Ramen)

Tenki vs Tienqi (weather)

The numbers: 3, san vs san

4, shi vs si

6, roku vs lok (pronounced loku) in canto.

9, kyuu vs jiou

1000, sen vs qian

10000, ichiman vs yiwan

Year: nen vs nian

Those are just ones on the top of my head. These are a lot more, trust me.

But then, I searched on the Internet and they said:

Japanese is closer to:

Chinese when it comes to writing and pronunciation.

Korean when it comes to grammar. (Like in english it's subject, verb, umm..thing, I dunno..)

So it's a mixture of both.

But, if you listen to Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, Korean and Japanese sound more alike.

[tengaku squared]

that first sentence makes no sense to me at all ^ ^;;

but the story was that the Qingshihuang send five hundred kids on a boat to search for the philosopher's stone, and they ended up on japan

I tend not to trust what China says. Of course, that's just me. :V

And when the oceans were solid = the Ice Age. It's also when man spread to the Americas, so probably they spread to Japan then as well.

Dude. We pronounce "cha" for tea too.

Here are some of mines:

Ramen vs Lamien(Lamin) in Canto. (Ramen)

Tenki vs Tienqi (weather)

The numbers: 3, san vs san

4, shi vs si

6, roku vs lok (pronounced loku) in canto.

9, kyuu vs jiou

1000, sen vs qian

10000, ichiman vs yiwan

Year: nen vs nian

Matched. And 10000 is man, not ichiman. In both Korean and Japanese.

3: sam

4: sa

6: yeoseos (fine, this one's different)

9. gu (I'm stretchin, but similiar to kyu)

1000: chun (again, different).

[-The Rising Angel-]

I learned Latin, so I can speak stuff in Latin to people, and they just cock their head at a precarious angle, and are like "Wha?"

What do you know in Latin?

[tengaku squared]

What do you know in Latin?

A bit here, a bit there.

[-The Rising Angel-]

A bit here, a bit there.

Say something...I wanna show you how much it does resemble my language

[tengaku squared]

Say something...I wanna show you how much it does resemble my language

Causa? EGO tantum agnosco aliquantulus.

[-The Rising Angel-]

Causa? EGO tantum agnosco aliquantulus.

Din ce cauza? Eu cunosc doar unpic.

[Wildheart888]

@Moho-kun: Yeah, yeah, there are tons of similarities. But im almost positive Chinese will win in pronounciations of Kanji...

BUT. Also consider the second half of my last post.

(Another one would be...mountain. In Japanese, you can either say Fuji-Yama, or Fuji-san. San is the pronunciation of mountain in Chinese. If you still want to continue the pronunciations thing.)

[tengaku squared]

The prounciation of mountain in Japanese and Korean are exactly the same.

[AiSuigetsu]

@heart-chan: actually, mountain is shan ^ ^;; and i thought 6 was lo with no k sound

[Wildheart888]

Okay. So then..let's say that Japanese has the same amount of similarities in pronounciation in Korean and Chinese. (not.)

And what about that second half?

Edit: @Ai-chan: Oh, right!! Sorry sorry..>~< But san, shan, same thing..xPP (or it could be san in canto..?)

And 6 is lok with a k, I'm pretty sure

[AiSuigetsu]

@heart-chan: i think the second part is true, sometimes i cant tell them apart

[-The Rising Angel-]

The Japanese Kanji have 2 pronunciation: the Japanese one and the Chinese one