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[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Learning Greek is (very casually) one of my hobbies I wanted to try, because it has a different alphabet.

[–] iByteABit@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Δεν χάνεις κάτι να προσπαθήσεις :)

I'm also interested in learning Chinese for the same reason, I downloaded a good app for basics and have learned a bit but it's a long long way from anything actually useful.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I study Vietnamese because it has the same alphabet.

Tôi học tiếng Việt.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

"the same alphabet"

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Foreign Alphabets are also great for obscure math variables. I like to name things よ

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's true, it makes my everyday math look fancier