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phil5
12y ago
> No, people from Beijing cannot read a text written in Shanghainese using simplified script. I'm not a native of Shanghai but I still get to understand written Shanghainese. Because even though I can't _read_ it, I can somehow
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phil5
12y ago
Actually there is, IMHO. Chinese is in fact a group of spoken languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Southern Min. These are completely different languages at least in tones and pronunciations. Mandarin speakers could hardly talk to