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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by thaumasiotes on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:14AM (#35420187)
> Aside from that, it's an unfortunate language, since you can't use to communicate anywhere else beside Italy.

I was under the impression that you could communicate roughly but effectively between Italian and Spanish.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by ramblerman on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:37AM (#35420340)
Knowing a romance language already helps in picking up another one but I wouldn't say you can communicate easily between Italian and Spanish.

It would be like using your English to converse in Dutch.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Y_Y on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:13AM (#35421054)
I don't think that's quite fair. I have had Italian-Spanish conversations which were slow but not painful. With Dutch I can often guess what something means when I see it written down but understanding the spoken language is very hard and I can only pick out a few words here and there.
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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by aspyct on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:45AM (#35420412)
Nah, the sign language really is different.
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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by TRiG_Ireland on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:24AM (#35421680)
Sign languages are independent languages in their own right, with their own grammar, often very different to the grammar of the spoken language(s) used in the same region.
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