Do you study languages?

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  • Rinkermann
    Rinkermann Posts: 108 Member
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    I'd like to take on Japanese or Chinese Mandarin one day, but i believe those languages are 'tonal', ie it's not just about the words but the tone of your voice. i guess we have that too, in the way we change the tone of our voice when asking a question, but it would seem the chinese use tone a lot more. frankly, my hearing isn't too clever so that may be a step too far for me.

    Mandarin Chinese has 4 tones, Cantonese (mainland) has 7 tones. Japanese isn't a tonal language at all, just highly contextual. :)

    Japanese it is then! :D
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,954 Member
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    I'm a very cunning linguist.

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