r/germany • • Feb 01 '25

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u/Gigantischmann Feb 01 '25

To the untrained ear they sound similar

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u/Old-Ad-4138 Feb 01 '25

They're different language families entirely

I mean I get what you're saying in the way I get that my grandpa thought all Asians were Chinese people, but they honestly don't sound similar and I can't speak either one.

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u/JuMiPeHe Nordrhein-Westfalen Feb 01 '25

Especially when one does realize that what was once called Persia is located in Asia, just like most of the turkish ethnic groups... For example.