At least that’s what English-speakers say. But while Greek is a popular language for folks to colloquially attribute incomprehensibility, what do the Greeks say in the same situation? And are there languages that are more (or, perhaps, less) popular than Greek in these situations?
Yes.
When a Hellenophone has trouble understanding something, his or her preferred languages of reference, as far as incomprehension is concerned, are Arabic and Chinese. And while for Arabs the proverbial unintelligible language is Hindi, for Chinese it’s… the language of Heaven.
For Romanians, the ultimate in incomprehensibility is Turkish, for the Turks its French and the French consider Javanese the acme in huh?
Cool.
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