Leaning to speak Mandarin might be quite a bit easier than learning to speak Yu'pic given the sounds one would have to master:I was told the same thing growing up. I don't know, though. You ever take a look at Mandarin? I guess learning to speak and understand it would not be too difficult,
I think I once heard that there are nearly 100 dialects of the Chinese language.I was told the same thing growing up. I don't know, though. You ever take a look at Mandarin? I guess learning to speak and understand it would not be too difficult, but the writing is nothing but Sinograms...or pictograms, or whatever they are called. Whoever invented the Chinese typewriter was a genius.
A side note to this language thing, Navaho code talkers were used in the WWII Pacific theater, Cherokee (I think) were used in the Atlantic theater of WW I. Both were very effective and their code was never broken.Leaning to speak Mandarin might be quite a bit easier than learning to speak Yu'pic given the sounds one would have to master:
Yup'ik is considered a complex language that is difficult to learn because of its unique sounds, which are not found in other languages, particularly English. Yup'ik is a collection of similar but distinct languages, including Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Central Siberian Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Naukan Yup'ik, and Serenik. Although these languages all come from the same proto-language, they are not mutually intelligible. For example, Cherokee is like Yup'ik, and a single word can convey an entire sentence. For example, "Tuntussuqatarniksaitengqiggtuq" means "She/he said again that she/he was not hunting caribou".
I confess that I often refer to cities/towns using their airport designator. Just habit after more than 2 decades flying and doing logistics around Alaska.NYC, LVN, DFW, and the list continues. English is the most difficult language to learn I'm told, this doesn't help.