• Seppo@sopuli.xyz
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    11 天前

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

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      11 天前

      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.

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      11 天前

      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.