This has been a rather depressing week, filled with obsessions, tardy passes, costume issues (which still have not been resolved), and the thought of early morning P.E. (gasp). I did learn a lot about Japan though. Did you know that it holds 377,835 square km of land? Or that there were 127,333,002 people in the 2004 count? I’m sure you didn’t know that Japanese, a Japonic language, is thought to be a descendant of the older more general language Proto-Japonic. Some theories state that it is from a larger group of languages called the Fuyu languages, which also include the Fuyu and Baekje languages. Others say that both Korean and the Japonic languages came from a larger group because of the near identical grammar structure, though there is little lexical similarities. There is a very controversial theory that states that all of these come from a larger group called the Altaic languages. The fact remains however that Japanese is very distinct from any other language in use today. Also, Japanese is a language that uses Morae. These Morae are chunks of sound that often include a starting consonant, middle vowel, and ending consonant. The kana used in Japanese follow this famously, and makes Japanese and excellent example of the Morae languages.

There, hoped you liked a little lesson in Japanese history. There’s plenty more where that came from, but I’ll spare you the boredom. On a lighter note, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind will be released in 9 days!

Early morning PE? Icky, you had better rethink that if you believe I will be rising early! Some people value their sleep!