[alexander_busek]

Then to ice the cake, pronunciation is based on tone

Everything you're saying is from the parochial standpoint of an Anglophone.

For a Chinese, English is difficult precisely because it lacks tone.

Regards,

[Maris Crane]

Chinese is difficult because it has NO ALPHABET, NO STRUCTURE...IT’S PICTURES OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY.

If I’m wrong about that, please let me know.

[Flick Lives]

For a Chinese, English is difficult precisely because it lacks tone.

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This is true. It is whatever linguistic system you’re raised to which your mind “tunes in”.