Why do some African languages sound Asian kinda?

[wishIwasSalludon]

 

[wishIwasSalludon]

@ElTruecel

 

[ElTruecel]

According to quora users it’s due to proximity a little

Why are Asian and certain West African languages so similar?

Answer (1 of 3): There does exist a similarity between East/Southeast Asian languages and West African ones. Most of the languages in those places are tonal. And that might have something to do with genetics. Correlations exist between language tonality and gene frequencies of different allele...

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[not__cel]

Because of the black Samarai once he went to Asia he changed the language of every country

 

[wishIwasSalludon]

Because of the black Samarai once he went to Asia he changed the language of every country

yasukemaxxing

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

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Nigerian*

Not African, it’s mainly Nigerian languages that are like this

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

According to quora users it’s due to proximity a little

Why are Asian and certain West African languages so similar?

Answer (1 of 3): There does exist a similarity between East/Southeast Asian languages and West African ones. Most of the languages in those places are tonal. And that might have something to do with genetics. Correlations exist between language tonality and gene frequencies of different allele...

www.quora.com

Also fun fact japans capital used to be Edo during the same time the Oyo caliphate in southern western Nigerias capital was also called Edo

 

[wishIwasSalludon]

Also fun fact japans capital used to be Edo during the same time the Oyo caliphate in southern western Nigerias capital was also called Edo

That’s crazy