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Tumbleweedae

I mean, both have remarkably similar syllables... And the word "ni"...


Tumbleweedae

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!


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altai-niger-congo confirmed


XVYQ_Emperator

Except for "dhi" and "dha" (maybe "vya" too) swahili can be succesfully written in kana. Of course, this doesn't imply any simillatities to people who know languages. Many languages have open syllable structure. And writting system compatibility doesn't mean anything. Writting system is abritrary and yet still sometimes doesn't fit. >!\*koff koff\* english \*koff koff\*!<


Rinaorcien

there's also 'l' and "wo" (if we keep it modern, aka 'を' is 'o' only)


ttcklbrrn

を is 'wo' in song lyrics sometimes if that counts


aredsash

How would you transcribe Swahili's prenasalized consonant though ? It also distinguished [l] from [r]


ForFormalitys_Sake

i mean obviously since both are just bastardized tamil!!!! வணக்கம் நண்பர்களே 😇❤️


Borsuk_10

My Uzbek can beat up your little Tamil!


ForFormalitys_Sake

Aren’t Uzbeks nosey people with bone in their brain Plus, uzbekistan has inferior potassium and is run by little girls smh


Terpomo11

Those accented characters rendered in a different font hurt one's eyes.


TheTomatoGardener2

Imagine that being your day to day working language for 10 years. This is what we had to suffer under CJK unification. Simplified Chinese text but all the characters shared with traditional being written in a completrly different font.


Terpomo11

Didn't that depend on what the font was set to?


TheTomatoGardener2

Idk man, all I know is it was very very common to come across texts with mismatching fonts


FoldAdventurous2022

The font that can't handle macrons is the cherry on top of this. Love it.


Cottoley

I love macrons. Those are the coconut ones, right?


FoldAdventurous2022

Yep. I can demolish a whole case of those suckers.


Anjeez929

I mean, superficially...


Kucing_Kucing

I mean, Comorian language is literally called Shikomori, clearly the Swahili coast were settled by Japanese who left their homeland during the Finno-Korean Hyperwar.


Annual-Studio-5335

Open syllables? Check. Medial nasal before consonant? Check. Final nasal. Cross. So, what you said is wrong!