agglutinative language
Finnish is an agglutinative language
TRANSLATION
agglutinative = verklebend, zusammenballend
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
"Luat eienr Stduie der Cambrdige Unievrstiät speilt es kenie Rlloe in welcehr Reiehnfogle die Buhcstbaen in eniem Wrot vorkmomen, die eingzie whctige Sahce ist, dsas der ertse und der lettze Buhcstbaen stmimt. Der Rset knan In eienm völilegen Duchrienanedr sein und knan trtozedm prboelmols gelseen wreden. Gunrd ist, dsas das menchsilche Ague nicht jeedn Buhcstbaen liset."
This strange effect is possible because English and German are not AGGLUTINATIVE LANGUAGES.
(Matt Davis - Cambridge University)
"Luat eienr Stduie der Cambrdige Unievrstiät speilt es kenie Rlloe in welcehr Reiehnfogle die Buhcstbaen in eniem Wrot vorkmomen, die eingzie whctige Sahce ist, dsas der ertse und der lettze Buhcstbaen stmimt. Der Rset knan In eienm völilegen Duchrienanedr sein und knan trtozedm prboelmols gelseen wreden. Gunrd ist, dsas das menchsilche Ague nicht jeedn Buhcstbaen liset."
This strange effect is possible because English and German are not AGGLUTINATIVE LANGUAGES.
(Matt Davis - Cambridge University)
Did you
know?
If you are interested in language curiosities, and want to impress your friends with osbscure words that only you understand, then read Matt Davis' excellent article on this subject under :
http://www.owad.de/link.php4?go=031022
Davis discusses the transmission of the message above and talks about:
1) SEMITIC languages (such as Hebrew or Arabic) where vowels tend not to be written in text
2) AGGLUTINATIVE languages (like Finnish or Turkish) where words are dramatically longer than in English
3) languages such as Thai which do not (conventionally) put spaces between words
4) LOGOGRAPHIC languages such as Chinese in which complex symbols represent a whole word or concept.
By the way, it seems that there was never such a study at Cambridge University !
Isn't language just great!
http://www.owad.de/link.php4?go=031022
Davis discusses the transmission of the message above and talks about:
1) SEMITIC languages (such as Hebrew or Arabic) where vowels tend not to be written in text
2) AGGLUTINATIVE languages (like Finnish or Turkish) where words are dramatically longer than in English
3) languages such as Thai which do not (conventionally) put spaces between words
4) LOGOGRAPHIC languages such as Chinese in which complex symbols represent a whole word or concept.
By the way, it seems that there was never such a study at Cambridge University !
Isn't language just great!
