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  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

    Lebanese or Farsi?

    Saturday, 11-Mar-17 21:52:32 UTC from web
    1. Rarity Rarity

      @awl are you meaning which is a more interesting language?

      Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:18:16 UTC from web
      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

        @rarity the debate I'm having is which to learn or in the latter's case, continue to learn.

        Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:21:14 UTC from web
        1. Rarity Rarity

          @awl well Arabic is a useful language, but I'd imagine learning a specific region's dialect of it might be difficult since it's a standardized language. I don't know much about Farsi so I couldn't give much input in that regard

          Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:23:40 UTC from web
          1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

            @rarity it's standardised for learning yes. However from what I understand the regional 'dialects' are more like separate languages, as mutually unintelligible with others.

            Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:26:02 UTC from web
            1. Rarity Rarity

              @awl I meant that I'd be concerned about a lack of learning resources specific the the Lebanese dialect. Can I ask why Lebanese over another type of Arabic?

              Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:28:15 UTC from web
              1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                @rarity you know what, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe to talk with the cooks at my favourite Greek/middle Eastern restaurant? Also we might have more people from there than say, Morocco or Egypt.

                Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:31:23 UTC from web
                1. Rarity Rarity

                  @awl well I'd say go for that then

                  Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:32:49 UTC from web
                  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                    @rarity yeah. I don't think I'd be using conversationalist Farsi would be easy here.

                    Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:40:45 UTC from web
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                  @awl I heard Egyptian spoken Arabic is widely understood because Egyptian films are being watched everywhere in the Arab world. @rarity

                  Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:39:48 UTC from quitter.se
                  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                    @mcscx i heard that a long time ago as well. I haven't thought much about language in general for a good while.

                    Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:41:30 UTC from web
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                      @awl  on the other hand, Farsi could be interesting b/c it's an Indo-European !language. Or Kurdish, it's Farsi-like but written in Roman

                      Saturday, 11-Mar-17 22:52:51 UTC from quitter.se
                      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

                        @mcscx I had started learning Farsi because of heavy interest of ancient Central Asia.

                        Saturday, 11-Mar-17 23:22:58 UTC from web