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Interesting. I wonder if it stems from the difference between grammar. European languages tend to have a lot of different forms for words based on tense, case,
by jinushaun 11y ago
Interesting. I wonder if it stems from the difference between grammar. European languages tend to have a lot of different forms for words based on tense, case, mood, gender, number, etc. Asian grammar is comparatively simpler, so understanding comes from context.
As an Asian person, I still don't understand why European languages needs so much "metadata" to transmit the same message. Likewise, Esperanto is still much more complex than Asian languages, so it fails as a true IAL for me.
- yongjik 11y agoI have a feeling that, when you say "Asian languages", you're probably not thinking about Japanese. :) OK, I don't really know Japanese, but (for example) Korean allows thousands of possible forms for every verb. I don't think "Asian/European" is a useful category for languages. There's so much variety inside each continent.