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Is it being ignorant ? Why ? Because I cannot tell the difference ? It's not like English that is being taught to everyone. I didn't have any exposure to the language as it was not taught in school... My only exposure is now and and I cannot tell which one I am exposed too, all I know is that it sounds like Donald Duck...and it's not even like English, Spanish , French, italian or Portuguese that are known all over the world.
Then educate yourself and do some research. Listen to clips on youtube. I already showed you two. If you still can't tell the different then there is something wrong with your hearing.
Which dialect? Or, are you sure you're thinking of the correct language family in the first place? There is no such thing as "Chinese"
I don't know, in my town there are a lot of them and their language sounds monotonous... But I am sure it is Chinese (whatever the dialect) because I have a friend who speaks a bit and improves with them sometimes.
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Because it is confusing for people like me who know nothing about the language. How are we supposed to know if it is Msndarin, Cantonese, Hokien or other Chinese dialects ? All we know is that it is a language spoken by a Chinese person.
Then educate yourself and do some research. Listen to clips on youtube. I already showed you two. If you still can't tell the different then there is something wrong with your hearing.
Well living in Guangdong, it would probably be of great help to you if you could distinguish Mandarin and Cantonese and learn some basic phrases in both. I'd imagine most in the province would be bilingual, so you could always ask someone to explain the difference to you.
I don't know, in my town there are a lot of them and their language sounds monotonous... But I am sure it is Chinese (whatever the dialect) because I have a friend who speaks a bit and improves with them sometimes.
Agree.
It's most likely Cantonese. Cantonese is what most westerners have been exposed to as historically, they made up the majority who emigrated from China. This is starting to change though. In western countries you can sort of cheat to figure out which is which. Cantonese are generally working class with many being rather poor. Mandarin speakers tend to be the ones who come to get higher paying jobs frequently in a high tech industry. In California for example, Cantonese is in San Francisco and Oakland. Mandarin predominates in the San Jose area. That area is where the lions share of the high tech jobs are where as SF and Oakland have the working class Chinatowns. Between SF and SJ, the change-over is gradual.
I think Tagalog sounds fine, but the way they speak in the media is very annoying. They cant stick to one language. I feel like the Philippines is the only place in the world where it's perfectly acceptable on TV to switch back and forth between 2 languages whenever you feel like it.
Xhosa, and the languages in some African nations where they click clack their tongues and speak and talk and make communication sounds with their throat.
It's remarkable how they do all of it, but gets annoying at times.
It's most likely Cantonese. Cantonese is what most westerners have been exposed to as historically, they made up the majority who emigrated from China. This is starting to change though. In western countries you can sort of cheat to figure out which is which. Cantonese are generally working class with many being rather poor. Mandarin speakers tend to be the ones who come to get higher paying jobs frequently in a high tech industry. In California for example, Cantonese is in San Francisco and Oakland. Mandarin predominates in the San Jose area. That area is where the lions share of the high tech jobs are where as SF and Oakland have the working class Chinatowns. Between SF and SJ, the change-over is gradual.
Really? Because Mandarin is said to be the 3rd or 4th most spoken language in the USA.
Did anybody notice the similiarities between the Mongolian and Turkish language? Although, they are completely different, you can hear that they are related to each other....
Aren't they part of the same language family tree or linguistic family branch etc?
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