I just started reading P. Djeli Clark's A Master of Djinn but I'm not far enough in to know if I'll really like it. So far so good, though.

I don't think it's 嗎, looks more like 吧 to me, which also has question like properties. But you're definitely right about the question mark not being included until much later. The character alone says it's a question.

This a thousand times. I mainly lurked on Reddit and I'm trying to actually contribute here. Sometimes I fear that no one will care what I have to say, but someone needs to start the conversation.

Thanks. Not sure why I typed that lol

It's actually closer to 1.5 million TOTAL speakers of English. Most English speaking people learned it as a second language.

Elementary Mandarin Chinese with traditional characters. Who wants to learn with me?

These are incredibly cool! I don't have the funds for one now but I've put one in my Etsy cart and will buy it when I get paid.