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Spoken languages have still changed after widespread written languages. Mandarin is substantially different from the Classical Chinese used in writing until the
by mannerheim 4y ago
Spoken languages have still changed after widespread written languages. Mandarin is substantially different from the Classical Chinese used in writing until the 20th century. Modern spoken Finnish (puhekieli) is substantially different from written Finnish (kirjakieli).
- chewxy 4y agoH and L languages. The divergence between H and L languages (often called disglossia) is a continual process ever since the invention of writing.