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What is the difference between 文 and 語 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 文 and 語 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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In terms of difference in HK chinese(cantonese) and mandarin,
文 is used more often than 語. It refers to language, whatever written or spoken. Eg 日文 韓文 英文. In mandarin(or other style of written chinese) 語 is used more often, 日語 韓語 英語.
However there is a subtle difference of 文 and 語 is that, 文 refers to written form, 語 refers to spoken language.
But in most of the cases, they are treated as identical word.
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