Spanish has 220,000 words...
French has 100,000 words
WoW, the gap is huge I must say...
French has 100,000 words
WoW, the gap is huge I must say...
Is French a poor language indeed?
And Portuguese has 21,450,679 words. Most of them freshly made up by me, just like your statistics. So, who's a bolder liar?
well, according to the OP Chinese has only 50,000 words, 100,000 isnt too shabby.
Another troll! Please people stop being childish. Stop this French vs Spanish attacking. No one is more important than the other.
The French make a more wise and cultured use of their supposed poorer language than the Spaniards do; so having a richer vocabulary is useless. And, after all, nobody believes such a silly thing
<< Stop this French vs Spanish attacking. No one is more important than the other.
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I'm sick of these PC statements.
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I'm sick of these PC statements.
French only accept words of a list given by L'Academie française. The only evolution of the French language takes place in Paris.
"Please people stop being childish. Stop this French vs Spanish attacking. No one is more important than the other. "
Spoken by a true Frenchman or -woman
Spoken by a true Frenchman or -woman
"French only accept words of a list given by L'Academie française. The only evolution of the French language takes place in Paris. "
and the etymon must be a latin one, or at least a made-up to look like latin-one. this is why franch is so poor, they are afraid of all other language
and the etymon must be a latin one, or at least a made-up to look like latin-one. this is why franch is so poor, they are afraid of all other language
Ce n'est pas au nombre de synonymes que se mesure la richesse d'une langue. Demandons-nous donc plutôt s'il est difficile d'exprimer une pensée complexe en français. Dés lors, bornons-nous à répondre que ce serait là un comble pour la langue qui fut le véhicule de la pensée des Lumières !
« and the etymon must be a latin one, or at least a made-up to look like latin-one. »
A few examples of coined words that are not derived from latin but from French itself: pis-aller, portemanteau, coupe-papier, lave-vaisselle, courriel, pourriel. French possibly is not as productive in words as it used to, but being a living language, it keeps on evolving along with the society it stems from, just as it should.
Besides, IMHO it's actually cool that coined words of the formal register have to be derived from Latin or Greek roots. This way you get to translate the expression « couper les cheveux en quatre » into « trichotétratomie » (Greek roots) or « capilloquadrisection » (Latin roots) for humorous effect :-p
A few examples of coined words that are not derived from latin but from French itself: pis-aller, portemanteau, coupe-papier, lave-vaisselle, courriel, pourriel. French possibly is not as productive in words as it used to, but being a living language, it keeps on evolving along with the society it stems from, just as it should.
Besides, IMHO it's actually cool that coined words of the formal register have to be derived from Latin or Greek roots. This way you get to translate the expression « couper les cheveux en quatre » into « trichotétratomie » (Greek roots) or « capilloquadrisection » (Latin roots) for humorous effect :-p
<<Spanish has 220,000 words...
French has 100,000 words
WoW, the gap is huge I must say...>>
Actually, this is not good for Spanish as many here seem to be implying. The reason is that all the extra words are dialectal words only used in some countries and not understood anywhere else. For example, Rioplatense has 20,000 unique words. So this is evidence that French is more unified than Spanish.
French has 100,000 words
WoW, the gap is huge I must say...>>
Actually, this is not good for Spanish as many here seem to be implying. The reason is that all the extra words are dialectal words only used in some countries and not understood anywhere else. For example, Rioplatense has 20,000 unique words. So this is evidence that French is more unified than Spanish.
<<The reason is that all the extra words are dialectal words >>
Sources?
<<Rioplatense has 20,000 unique words.>>
Sources?
Sources?
<<Rioplatense has 20,000 unique words.>>
Sources?