As someone who has made the mistake of studying both at the same time, it is far easier to focus on just one or the other until it gets to a decent level. It s

As someone who has made the mistake of studying both at the same time, it is far easier to focus on just one or the other until it gets to a decent level. It sounds like it might be useful, but in practice there's so much to do that whatever advantage it gives you is a blip, and the similarities tend to become hindrances when you are in the learning phase. Someone who is already a native speaker of either will get far more out of it than you will as there will be no danger of crossing wires. The only really significant advantage is that it familiarizes you with learning a character-based script in the first place.