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Re:Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil ... by paidleaf on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:09AM (#17278442)
There is no such thing as a "chinese" language. Your statement is akin to saying "You'd better start learning european then".

China is a region with a far greater linguistic diversity than europe.

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Re:Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil ... by laretluval on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:14PM (#17279033)
Plain "Chinese" commonly refers to Mandarin in English usage.

The CCP is trying to wipe out the other dialects as soon as possible, anyway.

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Re:Inca civilization was better at skull surgery than Civil ... by paidleaf on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:04AM (#17292801)
> Plain "Chinese" commonly refers to Mandarin in English usage.

What we call "chinese language" has historically been cantonese as that's what we are mostly familiar with ( mostly via immigration ).

Most of us don't even know there are different chinese languages. I know I didn't until someone corrected me on social media.

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