<p>hmmm maybe...japanese is an extension of chinese...BUT THEY SOUND NOTHING THE SAME...i actually kind of prefer japanese...sry no offense or anything</p>
<p>Japanese developed in isolation as did Korean, but there are some theories about ultimate origin on Wikipedia[/url</a>]. However Japanese writing is completely derived from the Chinese system: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system#Early_writing_system%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system#Early_writing_system</a></p>
<p>nomad,they definitely have news in Sanskrit.I used to listen to it to practise for my Sanskrit exam</p>
<p>i can definately see the writing being derived from chinese writing...that was interesting glowingamy. Thanks! Actually the coolest language has to be Icelandic...WHO DO U KNO SPEAKS ICELANDIC?</p>
<p>BJORK!</p>
<p>wait i don't know her personally...</p>