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Side-note but I rather disagree with placing Mandarin and Cantonese on the same level. Cantonese is definitely quite a bit harder than Mandarin... As for Japan
by sersi 7y ago
Side-note but I rather disagree with placing Mandarin and Cantonese on the same level. Cantonese is definitely quite a bit harder than Mandarin...
As for Japanese being harder than Mandarin and Cantonese, I think it's true if one considers complete mastery of the language but I would say that Japanese is easier to master orally for day to day life than either Mandarin or Cantonese.
- pmontra 7y agoA Japanese friend told me, Chinese is as easy as English. But characters are easy for him. For us Chinese is hard to speak because of the tones. The grammar seems very simple, simpler than any European language. Japanese has no tones so it's easier to speak. Reading and writing, both are a mnemonic nightmare. I remember European kids don't like multiplication tables, lol.