I've heard that English is based partially on Latin. Of course I know that Latin is a dead language, but I've heard that some people speak Pig Latin. How different is it from English? Is it harder than French?
2006-10-09 16:18:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hmm..okay. Wow. So, English is actually based on Latin. It's about 60% Latin based and 40% German based. When you say English is based on Latin you are still including Latin based languages like Spanish, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Italian. There are six romance languages, one of which is English. So chill everyone. Pig Latin, however, is not a real language. It is merely a code that some people use. You might have heard it in movies when characters say 'ixnay on the upidstay'..it actually means 'nix on the stupid'..nix, by the way, is a Latin word meaning none. To 'speak' in pig Latin, just chop a word in half at the first vowel, put the front part behind the end part and add 'ay' at the end. If you were to say 'that was a somewhat silly question' in pig Latin, you'd say 'atthay asway a omewhatsay illysay estionquay.' So..no, I'd say pig Latin is easier than French..but it's not a real language, no one speaks it really, and you won't find it in any schools.
2006-10-09 18:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sibylline 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you're joking.
The English language is NOT based on Latin. French, Itallian, Spanish, and a few others ARE based on Latin.
I assume you know what Pig Latin is, but if you don't, I'll tell you. It's a "let's pretend" language. A joke. It is not a real language.
French is not a particularly difficult language to learn from an English perspective. French is a Catagory 2 language on a scale that goes up to 5. English and Japanese are both Catagory 5. Russian is a 4.
2006-10-09 23:22:38 · answer #2 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pig latin is just a silly language that you put words back to front. Like Eyem skay ick say..."I'm sick". It's not a real language. And my opinion is anything is easier than french. Come to think of it, I don't believe I could learn any language....it just doesn't get past the hard parts of my head!
2006-10-09 23:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pig Latin is easier if you can find the right tutor. I mean, for animals who spend all of their time rolling around in the mud, pigs are pretty snobbish about whom they talk to!
2006-10-09 23:19:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pig latin is not a language.
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Wow. At least youre trying to learn something....
2006-10-09 23:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Ozone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a twist on words people have been using for years trying to keep their parents from knowing what their saying it's not that hard to learn
2006-10-09 23:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The French are pigs
English is actually a Germanic language and is a conglomeration of many languages. With a lot of French influence in the grammar.
2006-10-09 23:18:57 · answer #7 · answered by Eldude 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
esyay eryvay implesay
2006-10-09 23:19:19 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie73 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
esyay tiay siay asyeay
2006-10-09 23:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by prgurl2001 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
es-yay ost-may efinitely-day!!!!
2006-10-09 23:26:06 · answer #10 · answered by Beth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋