Re:Blue–Green Distinction in Language
by henrikschroder on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:26PM
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> they wouldn't have spread something else than a globalized Mandarin worldwide
For sure, but my point was that the simpler (relatively, comparatively) a lingua franca is, the less pidgin you get, and the more of the actual language you get instead. And that's a merit of the language itself, not the powers that back it.
For sure, but my point was that the simpler (relatively, comparatively) a lingua franca is, the less pidgin you get, and the more of the actual language you get instead. And that's a merit of the language itself, not the powers that back it.