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Igel

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7. I'd imagine that Mandarin and Cantonese would cross-contaminate.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 07:14 PM

Jul 2019

I know my Russian suffered when I learned Serbocroatian--they too easily mixed.

Same for Czech and Slovak, so I quickly stopped Slovak (except for passive knowledge) when I realized my Serbian/Russian problem was about to repeat. (But my Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, and Russian all nicely staid separate. I shied away from Sorbian. And don't ask about Belorusian and Ukrainian.)

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