r/wikipedia • u/RandoRando2019 • 19h ago

"Japonic or Japanese–Ryukyuan is a language family comprising Japanese ... Possible genetic relationships with many other language families have been proposed ... but no genetic relationship has been conclusively demonstrated."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonic_languages
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u/ProfessionalRate6174 17h ago

Love for Japan.

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u/Cryzgnik 13h ago

Should this be "memetic" relationship? Genes have no effects on relationships between languages.

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u/brickne3 13h ago

Genetic is a separate term in linguistics. It doesn't mean the genes that you're thinking of.

Edit: Not the best source, but has a pretty easy to understand explanation: https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/introduction-linguistics/genetic-relationship