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Yes - lots of people teaching their children Mandarin, but Hindi will be much more useful. Funny thing is that in the UK we have far more people to learn it fro
by b800h 4y ago
Yes - lots of people teaching their children Mandarin, but Hindi will be much more useful. Funny thing is that in the UK we have far more people to learn it from, but we don't seem to use the resource. Would be good and fun for social integration too, especially given the fact that Hindi and Urdu are almost the same language.
- throwawaysleep 4y agoThe difference is that Indians speak good English.
- readthenotes1 4y agoOr some version thereof I'm not just talking about the lilt. There are also vowel shifts and word choices. English not have a common pronunciation...
- wraptile 4y agoTeaching children business languages seems rather silly at this day and age tbh.
- b800h 4y agoThe point isn't just about business language - it's about participating in a culture. From a soft power perspective, having a large proportion of your population able to interact with another culture makes a lot of sense. India will continue to become more culturally significant and having a handle on that will be valuable.
- bee_rider 4y agoNah, Americanly I’ll say: we are happy to give away your language to whoever wants it. Re-spin it for local convenience, cut off bits that are inconvenient, get rid of all those stupid extra “u’s.” It was wildly over-complicated to start, but soon enough we’ll have morphed it into Earth Business Basic. It is great to learn a language to appreciate the culture that it comes from of course, but for business purposes American is the way to go. :p