Joss was right... Mandarin is the language of the future... by Micronaut

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Joss was right... Mandarin is the language of the future...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 3:54 AM

Age of AI prompts review of language curriculum at high schools in Japan

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260512_06/

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 4:10 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

a Southern Min language in China, East of Guandong, with some Mandarin and Thai, the story of a young man who travels to Thailand to track down his long-lost grandfather

Chinese film ‘Dear You’ sparks global emotional resonance
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202606/1364057.shtml

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 6:41 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

how it changes with time and info gets lost

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 6:42 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

the sounds of Japan changed

Was Japanese ever tonal, perhaps or maybe or probably it depends who you ask, the classification of the family is difficult since its debated, it links to island languages it links inisde China and to the Korean word which no longer has tones if it once did, Thailand and Vietnam still have tones, scholars believe that Japonic was brought to the Japanese archipelago from the Korean peninsula with the Yayoi culture, a lot of Japanese dialects have been lost over time, North of Tokyo was a type of Hokkaido Siberia Alaska or Ainu culture a Native group outside of the Japanese culture and there was interaction, Proto-Japonic, also known as Proto-Japanese or Proto-Japanese–Ryukyuan, is the reconstructed language ancestral to the Japonic language family.

Is Japanese a Tonal Language?