Comment on People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.

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ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The singer of Chthonic, a Taiwanese metal band, explained this briefly in an acoustic libe recording. You do have to watch out which tone you choose exactly, otherwise the meaning can change drastically. I also think this is part of the “sound” that you get in these cultures.

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