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Why is Chinese so different from other languages?
Chinese is the only modern language that doesn’t have an alphabet. The writing system is “logosyllabic”, meaning each character represents a syllable of spoken Chinese and can be a word by itself or combined with other characters to create another word.
Why is Chinese so complex?
Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. Mandarin Chinese (the most common dialect) has four tones, so one word can be pronounced four different ways, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. For instance, the word ma can mean “mother,” “horse,” “rough” or “scold” — depending on how you say it.
Why is Chinese language so important?
Chinese is now considered as an important language worldwide because of its increase in presence in the business world. Chinese are involved in many businesses throughout the world including Hollywood. Learning their language would be the best way to open the doors to a lot of other business opportunities.
Is Chinese more efficient than English?
In one study, both languages were read at approximately the same rate—English at 382 words per minute and Chinese at the equivalent of 386 words per minute. A statistical tie.
What does Y look like in Chinese?
y sounds exactly the same as “i”, but “i” can not stand at the beginning of one syllable but y can. To pronounce y, make a smiling face, spread your mouth and make the sound out.
Why you should not learn Chinese?
Reason #1: Too much competition — as much as the number of users may seem like a strong reason to learn Chinese, it can also reduce the benefits of learning it. Simply put, for every Chinese word, you need to learn how to write and read it almost completely independently of learning how to pronounce it.
Is learning Chinese a waste of time?
Learning Mandarin is an absolute waste of time because day by day it becomes clearer and clearer that China doesn’t want you. Last year China introduced their new foreign visa classification system that separates foreigners into different categories, based on their technical skills.
What is the most perfect language?
Experts regard Sanskrit as the ‘most scientific human language ever’. Sanskrit is probably the only known language in the world boasting of a context free grammar, which makes sentence formation utterly precise, based on set rules.