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by mcv 1206 days ago
The same issue also exists in Latin script, where German has the ß, not to mention various umlauts, strikes, circles and cedilles modifying letters of the otherwise standard Latin script.
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I'd imagine it's more like seeing Vietnamese as a European: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_alphabet

If you live in Europe and speak a language using a Latin script, you probably have come across most of the extensions other European languages add to the shared base in loanwords or foreign media. But then you look at something like Vietnamese and you are no longer sure how letters work.