General@lemmygrad.mlM to Thoughts on ...?@lemmygrad.ml • 6 months agoThoughts on the status of English as the current international language?imagemessage-square39 fedilinkarrow-up132
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minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mlhexbear9·6 months agoIsn't Mandarin harder to pronounce, since it's a tonal language? Spandarin, which would be Spanish with Mandarin grammar I don't see how this benefits Spanish or Mandarin speakers linkfedilink
minus-squareHaSch@lemmygrad.mlhexbear9·6 months agoThe pronunciation of Mandarin is hard, the grammar is easy. The pronunciation of Spanish is easy, the grammar is hard. Why not take only the easy parts from both? linkfedilink
minus-squareluffyismyking@lemmygrad.mlhexbear3·6 months agoThe rolling R in Spanish is not easy for a lot of people, for example, me, a native speaker of a Chinese language. linkfedilink
minus-squaresevenapples@lemmygrad.mlhexbear1·6 months agoBecause then you get a conlang that is intuitive for neither Spanish nor Mandarin speakers. linkfedilink
Isn't Mandarin harder to pronounce, since it's a tonal language?
I don't see how this benefits Spanish or Mandarin speakers
The pronunciation of Mandarin is hard, the grammar is easy. The pronunciation of Spanish is easy, the grammar is hard. Why not take only the easy parts from both?
The rolling R in Spanish is not easy for a lot of people, for example, me, a native speaker of a Chinese language.
Because then you get a conlang that is intuitive for neither Spanish nor Mandarin speakers.
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