Hello,
OK this is my last one on this already too long Out of topic thing,
Nihon-go or Hippon-go is just one of the 100+ languages I compile and study
as a hobby, anyone want a list just for a kick, send me a private email =)
if you have a wierd one that I don't have, tell me Ill had it up and start
to bug you about some translation ...
Thank you to put back my memory up to date.
Philippe
PS: this can be of topic, I plan/dream to visit each and every place where
all these languages with 2 pentax frames. Next on the list will be Oz and
North Africa.
> Philippe is right on above (well, almost) except "Ni" (pronounced in a few
> other ways too) means the sun. "Hon" is like the "centre", "source" or
> perhaps "land" as Philippe said. Nihon or Nippon is very much about the
> country of rising sun (what a big claim !).
> I like the sound of Nihon but at some point, I think the Japanese
government
> adopted "Nippon" as the formal pronunciation of Japan in Japanese
(reasoning
> that Nihon sounds rather weak ! and difficult to pronounce by some people
> :-). But people tend to say "Nihon-Go" rather than "Nippon-Go" (both are
> right), so it all depends, I guess.
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