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[quote=PINETREE                ,24284]Quite true, Rita. But I think that's because the neighbouring countries originated from the same sources more or less. I believe Russian language has no similarity to Chinese at all. So are the Indian languages. If we go back time, say about 2000 yrs ago - imagine the Japanese islands and Korean peninsular were inhabited with people who might have no language of their own. Then there came the Chinese who taught them language, culture,etc. Over times, these were adapted to suit their own tastes/ requirement but some of the basics were retained.The Middle-east, Indians & later Europens came to China with their own cultures, languages, etc. They came at a time when China was basking in its glory - a very advanced country at that time. So the languages, cultures of these foreigners were not adopted, even partially, by the Chinese as a rule because the Chinese already have their very own. Probably it was the other way around - they came, learnt & brought them back to their own lands & some may have been absorbed into their systems.On the other hand, Mongolia and later Manchuria ruled China for some time. As such, quite sure some of their languages, culture infiltrated into the later Chinese language.Make sense ?![/quote]

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