• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    These kinds of popsci graphs are quite misleading. Unlike with the “Spanish”* bubble, the “Chinese” and “Arabic” bubbles contain many mutually unintelligible languages. Though to be fair, many (most?) of the people in the “Arabic” bubble can speak/read Modern Standard Arabic as a lingua franca, and virtually everyone in China can read Standard Chinese.

    *Also, Dude, Spanish is not the preferred nomenclature. Castilian, please.

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      8 months ago

      Spanish is not the preferred nomenclature. Castilian, please.

      ???

      I know there’s a divide in that some countries say “Español” and others “Castellano” but I don’t think it’s a particularly controversial difference.