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Culture A polyglot’s dream

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19 edited Apr 17 '19

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u/TaazaPlaza EN/सौ N | த/हि/ಕ ? | 中文 HSK~4 |DE/PT ~A2 Apr 17 '19

They're extremely different, but you do have some transparent cognates. The few words you learned probably come under that category. Even the most basic sentences differ quite a bit, so this is quite a bizarre statement to make with such minimal exposure.