Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Do Japanese Loan Some Arabic Words?

There are two Japanese words I've discovered so far similar to Arabic words phonetically and meaningly.

In Japanese, the word 'anata/anta' means 'you.' In Arabic, 'anta' means the same but specifically used towards a male.

Japanese word for bird is 'tori,' (鳥). In Arabic, the bird is called to'ir or toyr (ٱلطائر\ٱلطير).

2 comments:

  1. shockingly, japanese is believed to be more similar to hebrew not just in its languange but also its writing, do compare hebrew letters and katakana letters

    and you can find the 'shocking' documentary about this (they believe that japanese is one of the lost tribes) in yutub ...

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  2. so, that's the reason why they're so smart. because they're chosen people?

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