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u/millionsofcats ยท 10 pointsr/linguistics

It sounds as though you're asking about rare features. The ones that you list aren't rare though. All languages have words that describe mental states, and Japanese isn't the only language with a lot of personal pronouns (c.f. Thai). Often, trying to say that a language is "extraordinary" in this kind of way requires some fundamental oversimplifications, e.g. glossing over the fact that Japanese pronouns function much more like nouns than English pronouns, making the comparison between them not straightforward.

English has its own rare features, like do-support. It also has a large number of basic color terms.

In any case, it's not really possible to answer this question in a reddit comment. There's just too much. I think Parkvall's Limits of Language is a pretty good book for people who are interested in this type of question.