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I have only ever heard of the language referred to as Farsi in English. We call the language that Mexicans speak, Spanish, not Mexican.
by animal_spirits 3y ago
I have only ever heard of the language referred to as Farsi in English. We call the language that Mexicans speak, Spanish, not Mexican.
- xcdzvyn 3y agoFunnily enough it's called Spanish because it's from Spain.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> We call the language that Mexicans speak, Spanish, not Mexican In the same way that we use “French” for the language spoken by the Quebecois as well as that spoken by the French, we use “Spanish” for the one spoken by Mexicans as well as that spoken by the Spanish, sure. (Same as we use “English” for the language spoken by Americans as well as the one spoken by people in England.) But that's not what’s going on with Farsi.
- FabHK 3y agoYes, because they speak Spanish. But you call it Spanish, not "Español". That's the point. There are perfectly fine English words for what the Spanish call "Español" ("Spanish"), and what the Germans call "Deutsch" ("German"), and what the Indonesians call "Bahasa Indonesia" ("Indonesian"), and what the French call "Français" ("French"), and what the Chinese call "普通话" ("Mandarin"), and what the Persians call "Farsi" ("Persian").