[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoPeople around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down15
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squarePeople around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoI believe logograpjic means you write down sylables and not just sounds. And tonal means the tone of you saying aomething changes the meaning. Chinese is tonal afaik.
I believe logograpjic means you write down sylables and not just sounds. And tonal means the tone of you saying aomething changes the meaning. Chinese is tonal afaik.