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  • Guyper
     
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    Do you think it's English which has the largest vocabulary than others?

    Do you think it's English which has the largest vocabulary than others?
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  • Zerocrossings
     
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    Im pretty sure its Chinese.

    Im pretty sure its Chinese.
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  • FalcoLX
     
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    Zerocrossings wrote:
    Im pretty sure its Chinese.
    Yeah, I think every cyllable is a word. I could be wrong.

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    [QUOTE="Zerocrossings"]Im pretty sure its Chinese.[/QUOTE]Yeah, I think every cyllable is a word. I could be wrong.
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  • Nifty_Shark
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 9:21 pm PT
    English is most definitely not the language with the largest vocabulary.
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    English is most definitely not the language with the largest vocabulary.
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  • drnick7
     
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    Actually, English is most likely the language with the most words.
    Actually, English is most likely the language with the most words.
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  • Guybrush_3
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 9:32 pm PT

    Zerocrossings wrote:
    Im pretty sure its Chinese.

    Chinese is really funky. It's more of a language family with a bunch of different dialects. 

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    [QUOTE="Zerocrossings"]Im pretty sure its Chinese.[/QUOTE]

    Chinese is really funky. It's more of a language family with a bunch of different dialects. 

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  • Shad0ki11
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 9:37 pm PT

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels  

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

     

     

     

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    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels  

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

     

     

     

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  • irelevent
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 9:39 pm PT
    Shad0ki11 wrote:

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

    [QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

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    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

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  • Shad0ki11
     
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    irelevent wrote:
    Shad0ki11 wrote:

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

     

     

     

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

    You can make so many different words out of those though. 

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    [QUOTE="irelevent"][QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

     

     

     

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    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

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    You can make so many different words out of those though. 

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  • irelevent
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 9:43 pm PT
    Shad0ki11 wrote:
    irelevent wrote:
    Shad0ki11 wrote:

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

    You can make so many different words out of those though.

    yea, but with more vowels and consonants, you need less words.

    [QUOTE="Shad0ki11"][QUOTE="irelevent"][QUOTE="Shad0ki11"]

    Thai and Khmer have pretty big vocabularies.

    The Khmer language has has 33 consonants and 24 vowels

    Thai is similar with 44 consonants and 30 vowels.

    [/QUOTE]

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

    [/QUOTE]

    You can make so many different words out of those though.

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    yea, but with more vowels and consonants, you need less words.

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  • Shad0ki11
     
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    irelevent wrote:
    Shad0ki11 wrote:
    irelevent wrote:

     

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

    You can make so many different words out of those though.

    yea, but with more vowels and consonants, you need less words.

    Bah. Fine. 

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    [QUOTE="irelevent"][QUOTE="Shad0ki11"][QUOTE="irelevent"]

     

    you seem to have Vocabulary confused with consonants and vowels, nubcake.

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    You can make so many different words out of those though.

    [/QUOTE]

    yea, but with more vowels and consonants, you need less words.

    [/QUOTE]

    Bah. Fine. 

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  • mrbojangles25
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 10:20 pm PT
    I would say English. It has sooooo many different words even I get confused by it.

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    I would say English. It has sooooo many different words even I get confused by it.
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  • N8A
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 10:25 pm PT
    that sounds about right

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    that sounds about right
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  • jointed
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 10:25 pm PT

    at the people saying English. 

    I'd say one of the Asian languages. Just look at Japanese and Chinese...they've got different words describing one thing depending on your mood. 

    :lol: at the people saying English. 

    I'd say one of the Asian languages. Just look at Japanese and Chinese...they've got different words describing one thing depending on your mood. 

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  • efrucht
     
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    Nov 10, 2008 10:32 pm PT

    In english we have a word for almost everything.

    In chinese, this is not the case. They must combine certain words to name things.

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    In english we have a word for almost everything.

    In chinese, this is not the case. They must combine certain words to name things.

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  • efrucht
     
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    jointed wrote:

    at the people saying English. 

    I'd say one of the Asian languages. Just look at Japanese and Chinese...they've got different words describing one thing depending on your mood. 

    So does english. English has everything.
    toss 09
    [QUOTE="jointed"]

    :lol: at the people saying English. 

    I'd say one of the Asian languages. Just look at Japanese and Chinese...they've got different words describing one thing depending on your mood. 

    [/QUOTE]So does english. English has everything. :)
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  • Tuky06
     
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    Probably Spanish, It was a huge amount of regionalisms, word variants and verb conjugations.

    Probably Spanish, It was a huge amount of regionalisms, word variants and verb conjugations.
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  • jointed
     
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    Wrong, not in the same way. I'm talking about the describing 'articles'.
    Wrong, not in the same way. I'm talking about the describing 'articles'.
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  • Notsogr8one
     
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    It actually appears to be English (unless you count something like Finnish which has the potential for an infinite number of words). This explains it pretty well: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=512132

    English is the most "Universal" of all languages and thus, as it has many many words from many other languages has a vast vocabulary. The rest is better described in that link.

    It actually appears to be English (unless you count something like Finnish which has the potential for an infinite number of words). This explains it pretty well: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=512132

    English is the most "Universal" of all languages and thus, as it has many many words from many other languages has a vast vocabulary. The rest is better described in that link.

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  • It is actually English:

    http://www.hello-online.ru/knowhow.php?comid=70

    http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/english.htm

    http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/JohnnyLing.shtml

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