• PlexSheep@infosec.pub
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        9 days ago

        The something else is called kanji, and are very complicated characters stolen from China with many meanings and pronunciation. Learning Japanese is very 楽しい (it is really)

    • Dessalines@lemmy.mlOP
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      10 days ago

      I was tempted to say Ruby, but based on my friends that are learning (or tried to learn Japanese), it seems like Ruby is trying to be the opposite. So not sure.

      Ruby would maybe fit with toki pona : terse, simple, predictable.

      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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        10 days ago

        Ruby is literally Japanese. It was invented there. Plus a Danish guy popularized it outside of Japan. Like how weebs spurred interest in Japan and the Japanese language outside Japan.

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        9 days ago

        I was going to say toki pona is not quite brainfuck but at least somewhere in that direction, with its tiny vocab