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The author of the post draws a lot of his examples from a page at Omniglot. The table there (link below) shows variation for a number of languages. Spanish in p
by telemachos 17y ago
The author of the post draws a lot of his examples from a page at Omniglot. The table there (link below) shows variation for a number of languages. Spanish in particular offers both Greek and Chinese as "incomprehensible" languages. Portuguese also offers Greek and Chinese. Slovenian has "Spanish village" and Chinese. (That odd phrase - "Spanish village" - shows up in Macedonian, too.) Greek has Chinese and Arabic.
In the comments to the Language Log post, a few German speakers describe variation in German as regional, and that may be true for the differences above.
Anyhow, the Omniglot table is here:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/idioms/incomprehensible.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/idioms/incomprehensible.php