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Multilinguo@multilinguo@mastodon.social (2026-09-23 02:22:55)
@koakuma Great question. It anchored on Mandarin, but other Sinitic languages read 學校 too, and several preserved the Middle Chinese -k final that Mandarin dropped.

Cantonese: 學校 hok6 haau6 (kept -k, like JP gaku, KO hak, VN học)
Hokkien: ha̍k-hāu
Hakka: ho̍k-káu

Cantonese and Hokkien are among the most phonologically conservative Sinitic languages. They preserve MC features Mandarin lost. Same conservation pattern as Sino-Xenic loans.

What's the other language you were thinking about?
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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-23 12:55:20)
@multilinguo I was thinking about the SEA Chinese languages so leaning more towards Hokkien-Hakka-Teochew