「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 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-square32fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down17
arrow-up135arrow-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.「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarebitofarambler@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-228 days agoTonal, using different tones to differentiate meaning: The car. The car? You intonate the “a” differently to denote different meaning. Logographic - picture-based writing. What if a Chinese language became the global standard rather than English, for example.
Tonal, using different tones to differentiate meaning:
The car. The car?
You intonate the “a” differently to denote different meaning.
Logographic - picture-based writing.
What if a Chinese language became the global standard rather than English, for example.