Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1897 — The Japanese Language. [ARTICLE]

The Japanese Language.

The Japanese language is said to contain 60,000 words, every one of 'which requires a different symbol. It ia quite impossible for one man to learn the entire language, and a well-educat-ed Japanese is familiar with only about 10,000 words.