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Most world languages use their same word for tongue to refer to language. My language creation project has a seperate word. Why? Because I'm starting to reslise that it isn't just 'talking words'. It can be art in and of itself.
Monday, 08-Feb-16 00:29:13 UTC from web- mcscx likes this.
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@awl japanese uses 語 (go) for language 舌 for tongue. But japanese is weird
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@mushi and 語 seems to be made of 言う(speak), 口 (mouth) and 五 ( five)
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@mcscx not that i know
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@mcscx probably has some significance but can't say what. If i knew more japanese culture maybe.
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@awl japanese borrowed the kanjis from chinese, so you'd have to dig a lot deeper to find the reason
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@mushi but the kanji for hanasu (to talk) has the tongue radical in it :) I can't type it here now to demonstrate, though #keyboardproblems
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@kzimmermann oh yes, 話す is the "to say" kanjo with the "tongue" kanji.