irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf you had to choose a new lingua franca, what language would you pick?irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareAn Original Thought@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI’ve been enjoying studying Mandarin. The tones are a bit weird but the grammar seems surprisingly simple, everything can be written pretty universally in pinyin, and Hanzi characters are great for condensing information.
minus-squarewell5H1T3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago Hanzi characters are great for condensing information. True, I will ask this: Why does it have 2 variants? Traditional? Modern?
I’ve been enjoying studying Mandarin. The tones are a bit weird but the grammar seems surprisingly simple, everything can be written pretty universally in pinyin, and Hanzi characters are great for condensing information.
True, I will ask this: Why does it have 2 variants? Traditional? Modern?