Which language would give me access to better literature, Mandarin or Arabic?
Which language would give me access to better literature, Mandarin or Arabic?
Easton Campbell
Liam Perez
>what are translations
Asher Brown
>a language of an ancient civilisation with a bright future
>a "language" of a not so ancient ""civilisation"" without a future
pick one and only one
Lucas Reed
Just learn something more useful, for which there aren't many translations out there, like sumerian or old english.
Luis Rogers
I'm going to have to learn one of two languages anyways so I thought of trying to figure out which would give me access to better texts in their original form
I hope I don't sound rude or am missing a joke but how would Sumerian be more useful than mandarin or Arabic
Blake Howard
arabic still has a normal alphabet but its grammar, concepts and vocabulary is complicated especially in literature + pronunciation might be hard because it has some unique consonants.
the chinese writing system uses symbols (that became so abstracted and simplified through history that they no longer look like the thing they are representing) instead of letters and each symbol represents something and the mixing of those symbols represents something else that has something to do with the combined symbols
pic related is Japanese and it might not be correct but it's an example of how this system works
Brody Bell
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make sure you learn Arabic
Jeremiah Thompson
If you learn Mandarin, the Ping Army might keep you around for amusement. Like a well trained dog performing cute tricks for their masters.
Lucas Baker
Are you implying the gooks are civilized, let alone have a future?
Eli Reyes
I know how their systems work, I've looked into how these languages work. Their literature's though are terra incognita to me and I'm trying to figure out which one is better in this department.
I mean, I know that China has the ancient classics, the histories, and the romance. I also know that Arabic has really good poetry and philosophy but otherwise I'm kind of barren in knowledge of them.