News (Languages) Nushu: The secret Chinese language men don't know

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400 years ago, women in China's Hunan province had their feet bound and were confined to their chamber rooms. To find a way to cope, they invented Nushu, a secret language men could not understand. We speak with director Violet du Feng about Nushu, which is the subject of her new documentary Hidden Letters, and discover how women today are finding inspiration in the language.

Nushu: The secret Chinese language men don't know - BBC Reel

400 years ago, women in China's Hunan province had their feet bound and were confined to their chamber rooms. To find a way to cope, they invented Nushu, a secret language men could not understand. We speak with director Violet du Feng about Nushu, which is the subject of her new documentary...

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[Gregorius Textor]

Bravo, Chinese women! But have men ever understood the language of women?

And is it time now for Chinese people, male and female, to invent a secret language their government cannot understand?

 

[Terry S.]

Their evil government would infiltrate it in seconds.

 

[scrabulista]

Bravo, Chinese women! But have men ever understood the language of women?

And is it time now for Chinese people, male and female, to invent a secret language their government cannot understand?

It looks like the Italian feminine plural is Brave, although I don't hear it much. I've heard the singular Brava though.