I have a challenge, can you distinguish which character set/s belongs to Japanese & Mandarin?

There are of course differences between Kanji / Hanzi but the “difficult” part is knowing which language is which simply by glancing (unless you know either 日本語 or 中文 that is).

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In contrast, do you know any words that are near identical when written down between two “alphabetical” languages based on their spelling?

  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 days ago

    In contrast, do you know any words that are near identical when written down between two “alphabetical” languages based on their spelling?

    Yes.

    Idiot (English) Idiot (m) Idiote (f, French) Idiot (m) Idiotin (f, German)

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 days ago

      Yes, also a lot of words ending in -tion exist in German, English, and French (though in German they are capitalized because they are nouns). For example “information” or “nation”.

      If near identical counts too, it’s even easier because most of these same words exist in Italian with the ending -zione, Spanish with -ción, etc.