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> I wonder if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal.... has a Japanese equ
by lifthrasiir 7y ago
> I wonder if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffal.... has a Japanese equivalent, or perhaps just 100% hirigana will easily confuse this, thus making context-dependency a necessity.
I'm not aware of Japanese equivalents (probably due to my lack of Japanese knowledge), but the Gyeongsang dialect of Korean language allows a sentence that only contains a single syllable 가 (ga) and thus can only be distinguished by intonation. "가가 가가가" is a commonly cited example and pronounced (here denoted using X-SAMPA) and analyzed as follows:
가 ka: The kid (short for "그 아", itself short for "그 아이")
가 ga [topic marker]
가 ka The family name "Ga"
가 <R>ga A suffix for family (collective, unlike "씨" for individuals; e.g. "김가" for Kims)
가 <F>ga Coupla, weak question
- glandium 7y agoThe dialect in Toyama, Japan has the famous "かか、かーかーかかーか" which decomposes/translates to: かか、 mother (お母さん in standard Japanese) かー this (これ) かー this way (こう) かかー write (書く) か ? (か) In proper English, that would be "Mom, is it spelled this way?"
- thaumasiotes 7y agoFor repetitive sounds, there used to be a fun English example on Wikipedia: > Ted and Ed edited it. I'm vaguely aware of two meant for Japanese, though since I know no Japanese, there are almost certainly errors in my report here: > "Let's cover Eastern Europe", to-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. > "Two chickens in the front yard and two in the back yard", niwaniwaniwaniwaniwaniwatori.
- tasty_freeze 7y agoI don't know if this is a widely used description, but there is a subreddit for this kind of thing, called "word avalanches". Some are purer than others. https://www.reddit.com/r/WordAvalanches/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WordAvalanches/