I have noticed myself quite a few similarities between Bahasa
Indonesia/Malaysia and Japanese language. Apart from the very
similar pronounciation in both languages, there is the same
hierarchical differences in personal pronouns. For example "you" is
either "anda" or "kamu" with the same meaning and wa of using as
"anata" and "kimi" in Japanese. Likewise, "suki" 好き (to like)
translates "suka" in Bahasa. Such similarities are striking. In
both languages you can make a plural by doubling the word, like
wareware in Japanese (ware = I or you, wareware = we). Doubling of
words is so common that there is a kanji that only means the word
is doubled(" 々"Wink in written Japanese. However, it is more common
in Bahasa nowadays where it is almost systematical. Expressions
like "ittekimasu, itteirashai, tadaima and okaeri" also exist in
Indonesian (selamat jalan, selamat tinggal...), but not in European
languages. I am not a specialist of any of these languages at all.
I barely know a few words in Indonesian, but it's enough to see the
link with Japanese.
Japanese matsuri ressembles so much Balinese ones that one could
wonder if they are actually the same country. I've seen a cremation
in Bali ; they cary the dead body very much like Japanese carry a
mikoshi. Balinese funerals are joyful and people swinging the
"mikoshi" in the streets and making loud noise to scare the evil
sprits. Basically, Bali is Hindu, but has mixed it with the
original animist religion. Shinto is also an animisn, and we can
see lots of other cultural similarities between
non-muslim/non-christian Indonesia and non-buddhist Japan. For
example, the wall and entrance around traditional houses and the
style of Balinese temples and Japanese shrines. Buddhism, Islam and
Christianity all arrived much later after the supposed original
ancestors of the 2 archipelago split from each other, but have
changed radically both societies. We have to look for the purely
original culture (what might be very difficult nowadays) to find
the connection existing in late prehistoric time.
and
If you look closely at japanese people...clearly this group have
variety of skin tone, from milky to darker tones...you do not seem
to find it in chinese or koreans ..strange lah but let's not
mystify their origins..they are a mixed group that has evolved to
yamato race
and
Have you ever noted some japanese are darker with polynesian
skin?
some famous Jpop singers have this. it's not tanned btw
CatKnight, you gotta be joking.
Similarity in some parts of both language and culture don't
necessarily tell you
that both races are related genetically. And this also applies to
the 'rationale' that some Japanese skin colour is naturally dark,
so this means that they are also related to Polynesians and hence
Malays.
Are you drunk? I seriously think that those Japanese who have
darker skin are
tanned.
Moreover, you have absolutely no scientific evidence by
credible experts/scientists to boost your case that Japanese and
Malays are genetically related.
In addition, Malays don't share the same facial features Japanese
have. Its so
obvious. ie concurve nose and slant eyes.
Like Marco_Simone said
[quote]
Do a properly researched article complete with citations before
drawing any conclusions...
Here is the article submission criteria for a renowed anthropology
journal: The Journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology
Please read it carefully before submitting anything if not your
article wont get accepted.
http://www.culanth.org/?q=node/1
So please do me a favor and do what he said.
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