• मुक्त@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    … BBC’s long term Japan correspondent wrote an article about it when he finally left, and I’m pretty sure he’s fluent.

    I wouldn’y be too sure about being fluent part. I am an Indian and I have seen bulk of so called indologists (professors in American and European academia) unable to pronounce common sanskrit words - despite writing bestsellers on the subject.