Discuss the woman's language of Nushu.

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Varies. Nushu, or woman’s writing, was developed to communicate with other women in male-dominated China. The women in Hunan province took characters from standard Chinese and gave them a new value corresponding to phonetic sounds in the local dialect. At its height, women in central China corresponded in the language. The language fell out of use when women were allowed to attend schools and learn written Chinese.

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