Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, and 对啊. According to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Guest David Moser, for modern day Mandarin Chinese there are power struggles, harsh words, a jazz music studio and a bit of Abbot and Costello behavior that contributed to the language story. In this conversation, David and I chat about his story and people packed book about the manufacturing of modern day Mandarin Chinese via his book  "A Billion Voices". 

Full show notes here: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/104-language-mandarin-chinese-history-with-david-moser-author-of-a-billion-voices