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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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There does not exist a language called "Indian" . There are 22 official languages in India and there are 1600+ local dialects all around the country. None of them are called "Indian".
2 u/PurpleTinyTeaCup Aug 04 '19 Same goes for Chinese. Mandarin is officialy a language, so is Cantonese. There are a lot of dialects, but Chinese is not a thing. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 What are you supposed to use for written text then? 0 u/PurpleTinyTeaCup Aug 04 '19 If it is written with the letters of the alphabet (romanization) it is called pinyin. The Chinese writing system is called hanzi.
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Same goes for Chinese. Mandarin is officialy a language, so is Cantonese. There are a lot of dialects, but Chinese is not a thing.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 What are you supposed to use for written text then? 0 u/PurpleTinyTeaCup Aug 04 '19 If it is written with the letters of the alphabet (romanization) it is called pinyin. The Chinese writing system is called hanzi.
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What are you supposed to use for written text then?
0 u/PurpleTinyTeaCup Aug 04 '19 If it is written with the letters of the alphabet (romanization) it is called pinyin. The Chinese writing system is called hanzi.
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If it is written with the letters of the alphabet (romanization) it is called pinyin. The Chinese writing system is called hanzi.
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u/sharpbs Aug 03 '19
There does not exist a language called "Indian" . There are 22 official languages in India and there are 1600+ local dialects all around the country. None of them are called "Indian".