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submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/67255198

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[-] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 40 minutes ago

This explains Dengist-verse.

[-] Seppo@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 hours ago

Mandarin will never be a lingua franca, no matter how influential The Chinese Empire becomes.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

It won't, but it eliminates an unfair advantage in a business setting. It is amazing the shit people will say when they assume you do not understand.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I have to agree. People like to say English is difficult because there are a million loan words and spelling/grammar have no hard and fast rules, but character based languages are on a different level of difficulty. Even if it shifted to something like pinyin for text, the subtle tone shifting and having tons of a homophones are a huge barrier to entry.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

But it makes it seems like your trying if you can speak to your masters in their own language.

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