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Old 2012-02-05, 05:49   Link #2102
Shinji01
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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei View Post
I have a question for the Japanese natives and speakers here. It comes from a comment made by one of my college classmates about learning Japanese:



What root language could Japanese and Turkish possibly have in common? A later comment mentioned that "funny gaijin" characters in Japanese theatrical performances were portrayed by Turkish actors. Is there any basis to these notions?
I am a native Japanese speaker bu did not know this.
I don't think Turkey is as popular a destination as other countries yet.

however, I do understand how it could be easy for the Japanese to learn their language if the grammatical structure is similar.
Japanese and Koreans seem to have a easy time learning each other's languages too because the structure is similar.
So if Turkish is along the same line, then, sure, it must be so.

I do notice that the Turkish in japan seem to be better in Japanese than the English speakers...
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