The Japanese language has a consonant, and vowels, which can stand alone (or be paired with one another and a single consonant). Although, I have no idea why it would be necessary to differentiate wether or not this specific language did evolve from Sanskrit. Most refer to the language as a syl·la·bar·y anyway and not an abugida.
However, the exact origin of Korean & Japanese remains hotly debated and somewhat mysterious: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/asia/04language.html?_r=0
Also, we must not forget that the Ainu, were the native people of Japan & did influence their culture/language as well, despite being ultimately superseded: In their Yukar Upopo (Ainu Legends) is told, “The Ainu lived in this place a hundred thousand years before the Children of the Sun came” and specific allusions to Scandinavian genes are referenced more than once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_language http://www.yamagata-europe.com/en-gb/blog/item/862/the-finnish-japanese-connection
According to this source (http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/evolalpha.html) (as one with excellent visual examples), you've also been remiss in mentioning several other languages that likely were not influenced -- like the vast majority -- by Sanskrit: Korean hangul, Cherokee, one for the Cree, and Inuit of Canada.
I will take this opportunity to throw in, however, that the Sikh are keepers of vast and tiny collections of books filled with ancient knowledge written in these types of languages and no one is bothering to translate them (in fact many have been deliberately destroyed instead). This was part of my interest in abugida languages. Beyond rich philosophy, the Sikh books discuss aspects of human culture that would sometimes blow our minds, such as knowledge about travel or medicine that we'd assume would've been impossible to know at those times.
What we know versus what we think we know (and our lack of enthusiasm to examine this) is a canyon for the entirety of civilization -- let alone mere individuals -- and it strikes me regularly the amount of arrogance that I come in daily conversations instead. Discussing, perhaps, as presented, what languages were clearly influenced by the earliest known languages to man presents a perfectly interesting interesting prospect without need for embellishment or obfuscation.
Although, if the topic of specifically Japanese culture is preferred, there is an interesting article (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/opinion/comfort-women-and-japans-war-on-truth.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000) in today's New York Times worthy of consideration.
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Date: 2014-11-17 08:04 pm (UTC)However, the exact origin of Korean & Japanese remains hotly debated and somewhat mysterious:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/asia/04language.html?_r=0
http://users.tmok.com/~tumble/jpp/japor.html
http://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Hebrew-Origin-Japanese-People/dp/9652293393
*proposed Hebrew origin!
Also, we must not forget that the Ainu, were the native people of Japan & did influence their culture/language as well, despite being ultimately superseded: In their Yukar Upopo (Ainu Legends) is told, “The Ainu lived in this place a hundred thousand years before the Children of the Sun came” and specific allusions to Scandinavian genes are referenced more than once.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_language
http://www.yamagata-europe.com/en-gb/blog/item/862/the-finnish-japanese-connection
According to this source (http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/evolalpha.html) (as one with excellent visual examples), you've also been remiss in mentioning several other languages that likely were not influenced -- like the vast majority -- by Sanskrit: Korean hangul, Cherokee, one for the Cree, and Inuit of Canada.
I will take this opportunity to throw in, however, that the Sikh are keepers of vast and tiny collections of books filled with ancient knowledge written in these types of languages and no one is bothering to translate them (in fact many have been deliberately destroyed instead). This was part of my interest in abugida languages. Beyond rich philosophy, the Sikh books discuss aspects of human culture that would sometimes blow our minds, such as knowledge about travel or medicine that we'd assume would've been impossible to know at those times.
What we know versus what we think we know (and our lack of enthusiasm to examine this) is a canyon for the entirety of civilization -- let alone mere individuals -- and it strikes me regularly the amount of arrogance that I come in daily conversations instead. Discussing, perhaps, as presented, what languages were clearly influenced by the earliest known languages to man presents a perfectly interesting interesting prospect without need for embellishment or obfuscation.
Although, if the topic of specifically Japanese culture is preferred, there is an interesting article (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/opinion/comfort-women-and-japans-war-on-truth.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000) in today's New York Times worthy of consideration.