[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-squareadavis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago Basically the writing is separate from sounds. And that’s how people who speak mutually unintelligible dialects of Chinese can communicate through writing. The word (sound) may be different, but the written character is the same.
And that’s how people who speak mutually unintelligible dialects of Chinese can communicate through writing. The word (sound) may be different, but the written character is the same.