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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by coupdejarnac on Thursday September 09, 2021 @05:35PM (#28474952)
In China, people refer to written Chinese as 中文, whereas the spoken language as 普通话, 汉语, etc. Colloquially people sometimes say 中文 to mean the spoken language, but that's imprecise.
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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by bmn__ on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:30AM (#28482946)
Yes, and?
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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by coupdejarnac on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:19AM (#28507815)
There's a specific word in Chinese for the written language. The Chinese words for Mandarin are specifically for the spoken "dialect". Your writing system vs language distinction doesn't really apply in this case. Different Chinese languages are mutually intelligible when read by speakers of another "dialect" of Chinese, though another dialect may come across oddly. Ask any Chinese.
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Re:Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish boo... by whoevercares on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:24PM (#28487580)
That means many of your points will be sadly lost in translation
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