I’ve been asked many times: Which is harder to learn, Chinese or Japanese? Well, the latest time finally inspired me to make this graphic. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, but some notes will follow anyway. In case you couldn’t figure out from the graph, both are difficult, but in different ways. Both have insane writing [...] ...full story at Sinosplice
from Sinosplice on Wed, Jun 25 2008
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