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Re:Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school st... by knolax on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:33PM (#18868547)
Yes, and that standardized lingua franca invariably splinters off and becomes less regular. Compare medieval Latin to the modern Romance languages.
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Re:Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school st... by FabHK on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @06:15PM (#18870000)
> invariably

Well, we do have more TV and travel today than in prior millennia. Languages are dying out, while there are more people than ever. Let's see where the development goes.

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