[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down16
arrow-up138arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 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.