Would Mandarin be a better language for science and international communication?
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https://universeofmemory.com/how-many-words-you-should-know/
>Language Level Number of Base Words Needed
>A1 500
>A2 1000
>B1 2000
>B2 4000
>C1 8000
>C2 16000
>If you were to concentrate on words from the frequency list, you would definitely have to deduct 20% on higher levels (B1-C2).
For those unfamiliar: https://tracktest.eu/english-levels-cefr/
http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/statistics/char/list.php?Which=MO
(http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/statistics/char/list.php appears to include classical chinese as well)
500 words is listed for A1 level, which gives you roughly 75% comprehension. Which isn't very good, but hey, we are comparing it with the most basic foreign language level that is seen as worth mentioning.
A2's 1000 words already give you 89% comprehension. Not good, but not bad for somebody who is supposed to
>Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
B1, 1800 words give you a nice 96% comprehension.
B2 3600 already give you 99.56% comprehension of any random text. You probably don't really need more in your life.
C1 7200 give you 99.99621868317% comprehension; You know specific words for things like orange red silk, soil with large clay content, ytterbium, "evil look of deep-set eyes", as well as plenty of words some dictionaries find not worth mentioning.
C2, you know every word there is in the available corpus, and some more on top of that.
Does this unique ability of Chinese to express so much with so little vocabulary make it especially suited for international communication and science?
>Language Level Number of Base Words Needed
>A1 500
>A2 1000
>B1 2000
>B2 4000
>C1 8000
>C2 16000
>If you were to concentrate on words from the frequency list, you would definitely have to deduct 20% on higher levels (B1-C2).
For those unfamiliar: https://tracktest.eu/english-levels-cefr/
http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/statistics/char/list.php?Which=MO
(http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/statistics/char/list.php appears to include classical chinese as well)
500 words is listed for A1 level, which gives you roughly 75% comprehension. Which isn't very good, but hey, we are comparing it with the most basic foreign language level that is seen as worth mentioning.
A2's 1000 words already give you 89% comprehension. Not good, but not bad for somebody who is supposed to
>Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).
B1, 1800 words give you a nice 96% comprehension.
B2 3600 already give you 99.56% comprehension of any random text. You probably don't really need more in your life.
C1 7200 give you 99.99621868317% comprehension; You know specific words for things like orange red silk, soil with large clay content, ytterbium, "evil look of deep-set eyes", as well as plenty of words some dictionaries find not worth mentioning.
C2, you know every word there is in the available corpus, and some more on top of that.
Does this unique ability of Chinese to express so much with so little vocabulary make it especially suited for international communication and science?
