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FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Consider the needlessly complicated to be applied on top of a general baseline of needlessly complicated that applies to any language.

While they don’t have gendered nouns, they have something equally unnerving for the beginner learner. Their noun classes evolve mostly around the nature of shapes and sizes, which becomes an issue the moment you need to count anything. For which there are two systems, one of which stops at ten, and the other is highly irregular in its forms. And don’t get me started on the calendar. English is relatively unsophisticated by comparison.

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NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

For which there are two systems, one of which stops at ten, and the other is highly irregular in its forms.

I think you mean Wago and Kango counting, in which case Kango isn't irregular at all. There are sound changes, but they almost all follow a handful of basic rules. Wago is plenty irregular, but it also stops at ten and is only used for a handful of things.

And don't get me started on the calendar.

The calendar? Their months are literally just firstmonth, secondmonth, thirdmonth, etc.

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