Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words
by gnipgnip on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:39AM
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The first two and the last are Indo-European languages; it appears that mother in Chinese is "mu".
It's "obaasaan" in Japanese, though. It'd become "baa" if you remove the polite syllables, and thus also ends up becoming a labial consonant (ओष्ट्य for those familiar with the verse in पाणिनी).
It's "obaasaan" in Japanese, though. It'd become "baa" if you remove the polite syllables, and thus also ends up becoming a labial consonant (ओष्ट्य for those familiar with the verse in पाणिनी).
Curious indeed.