Is Balinese As Asian
Language
The author of a blog post about an internet bingo site did not
like it very much and responded with: "You know, it's almost like a person
who is 100 percent Japanese and loves Kanji (and a lot of other things) to go
online and criticize somebody who is 99.9% Korean, speaks fluent Korean, and
has their own language and culture." Obviously, this statement is
completely false. I want to address the statements in detail as I believe this
topic deserves much more discussion.
To start with, I have never seen a person named "Daftar
Pelangiqq" until the present. I have never even heard of the name of any
Asian country or any Asian-sounding names. The country that Mr. Pelangiqq
claims to have lived in is called "Kazakhstan", which, unfortunately,
doesn't even seem to be an Asian nation at all. For the record, the name
"Kazakhstan" is only used in Kazakhstan, which is another Asian
country and thus seems to be rather unlikely to produce people named
"Daftar Pelangiqq".
Let's be clear about something, before we get to the rest of the
discussion: I have lived in South Korea for over 10 years and consider myself a
Korean, and therefore have little to say about issues such as the Korean
alphabet, proper names, dialects, or the language of the Balinese people. For
example, I have read a rather ridiculous book by an English writer about the
Balinese language which includes so many incorrect facts and errors that even a
Korean would be embarrassed to be associated with the author. For example, the
author claims that the Balinese language evolved from Korean, and that their
words are very similar to Korean. He also claims that the word
"sinbuk" is "so unique" that he has never seen anything
like it. This nonsense, in my opinion, is what is known as "pseudo-science"
-- in other words, it is rubbish.
If you would ask me, "Is pseudoscience just rubbish?,"
I would answer "No," and then explain how pseudo-science can be
dangerous, since it becomes popular and then becomes mistaken for real science.
The same thing happens with Korean names. I mean, what I've always thought was
a beautiful, unique name is actually just a fairly common name.
In regard to the Balinese pronunciation of the word
"sinbuk," I have seen this referred to as "Daftar
Pelangiqq," but as I pointed out, I have never met the author of the blog
post entitled "Daftar Pelangiqq Situs Daftar PELANGIQQ". However, as
a young ethnic Korean, I do sometimes pronounce the syllables of
"Sinbuk" as they are written in the word; and I certainly have not
met "Daftar Pelangiqq."
Anyway, let's move on and examine the question of whether or not
Koreans speak "so many" types of languages that they must be
"Japanese"Kanji lovers." I have spoken to so many Koreans living
in and around Korea and have never once met one who expresses the idea that
they speak only Korean. They speak every language in the world except their
own!
Even if a person only spoke one foreign language, that person
could still be an Asian. Asian-Americans often speak many languages other than
English, such as Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, German, and so on.
Asians typically have two main language groups, and that's Japanese and Korean.
But then again, there are some Asians who do speak other
languages, so this isn't as cut and dried as it might be. Unfortunately, Mr.
Pelangiqq didn't say much about Balinese (or any other language besides Korean)
which might be relevant to the issue at hand. However, even if it's
"nonsense" to make such a ridiculous claim, it's a ridiculous claim.
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