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2025-02-23 09:06:03

Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that prior to the 20th century, scholars in Korea, China, and Vietnam could all ...

TIL that prior to the 20th century, scholars in Korea, China, and Vietnam could all easily communicate with each other in writing because everyone used Literary Chinese. However, they wouldn't have been able to talk to each other in person because each country pronounced the characters differently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinese_in_Vietnam
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