「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPeople around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down16
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squarePeople around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareDelascas@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoTranslation: Imagine if the world’s lingua franca wasn’t English but Mandarin.
Translation: Imagine if the world’s lingua franca wasn’t English but Mandarin.