Carola Tetraglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 3389 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, Japanese Studies: Mandarin
| Message 1 of 5 14 August 2015 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
Hello everyone,
My name is Carola and I'm from the Netherlands. I'm fluent in Dutch and English, and am
studying Japanese, German and Mandarin. And it looks like I'll get to play around with
Manchu starting in September!
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Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6701 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 2 of 5 14 August 2015 at 11:22am | IP Logged |
Welcome to the frum. I honestly thought that Manchu had died out, and that Emil Krebs was the last Westerner who learnt to speak it fluently.
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Carola Tetraglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 3389 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, Japanese Studies: Mandarin
| Message 3 of 5 14 August 2015 at 11:42am | IP Logged |
It has, but written Manchu can still be studied! I'd compare it to classical Chinese.
(Am I allowed to post links? A very interesting fresh new website on Manchu is this one:
http://manc.hu/ )
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tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5864 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish
| Message 4 of 5 14 August 2015 at 2:58pm | IP Logged |
Welcome Carola. It is great to see another native-Dutch speaker join the forum. I lived for
six years in the Netherlands and have been learning Dutch ever since. Ik wens u veel succes
met uw talen.
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Mork the Fiddle Senior Member United States Joined 3967 days ago 86 posts - 159 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian, Latin, Ancient Greek
| Message 5 of 5 14 August 2015 at 7:23pm | IP Logged |
Hello, Carola, and welcome to HTLAL. Here you will find many helpful members and posts for your studies. Judging by your language experience, you will be able to offer help, too. Good luck with Manchu.
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