Why doesn't china adapt the latin alphabet

[Deleted member 14693]

Way more people would learn the language and the culture would spread more. There influence will rice

 

[Trilogy]

Japan and South Korea both have widespread cultural influence without the Latin script

 

[Deleted member 14693]

Japan and South Korea both have widespread cultural influence without the Latin script

The Korean alphabet is easier to learn.

The chinese alphabet isn't even an alphabet, every word has to be remembered seperatly. You have to memorize 3000 "pictures" to learn.

And no one learns japanese so my point stands

 

[gribsufer1]

because its part of their culture nigga what they should do is not make it tonal

 

[Deleted member 14693]

because its part of their culture nigga what they should do is not make it tonal

What does the script have to do with it being tonal?

 

[gribsufer1]

What does the script have to do with it being tonal?

no bit you can write the same thing but say it in a different way and means something else they should fix that

 

[SecularIslamist]

Adopting Latin alphabet is peak inferiority complex.

 

[Deleted member 14693]

no bit you can write the same thing but say it in a different way and means something else they should fix that

If you put the lines above the words you can signal the tones in the latin alphabet....

It would actually show the tones, opposed to the kanji, making it easier...

 

[Deleted member 14693]

Adopting Latin alphabet is peak inferiority complex.

Then make an own new one like Korea jfl. (which you can learn in a day)

 

[British Incel]

They did, it's called pinyin

 

[gribsufer1]

They did, it's called pinyin

can u speaj chinese

 

[Deleted member 14693]

They did, it's called pinyin

Not used

 

[SecularIslamist]

The Korean alphabet is easier to learn.

The chinese alphabet isn't even an alphabet, every word has to be remembered seperatly. You have to memorize 3000 "pictures" to learn.

And no one learns japanese so my point stands

How easy is it from a non-native perspective?

Language learning from a young age is partly biological. We have an inherent predisposition to learn a language so nobody 'memorises' anything.

 

[Tom Jones]

Will “rice” hehe good one

 

[Deleted member 14693]

Will “rice” hehe good one

yeah, yeah... uhhh. that was, ehh, totally intentional, ehh... yeah...

 

[British Incel]

can u speaj chinese

enough

Not used

It's often used for foreigners learning Chinese in the beginning, and Chinese have to use Pinyin to spell/ write Chinese characters on computers/ phones

 

[Deleted member 13787]

heres why


the language wouldnt work without hanzi

 

[Deleted member 14693]

How easy is it from a non-native perspective?

Language learning from a young age is partly biological. We have an inherent predisposition to learn a language so nobody 'memorises' anything.

Korean or chinese? Korean is the easiest alphabet.

Chinese every world looks different (so it isn't an alphabet tbh basically just an image for every word).

 

[Deleted member 17872]

Changing script to latin means saying goodbye to 4000 years of history and literature.

We saw what happened in Turkey when their script was changed. No modern turk can read 19th turkish poetry @TsarTsar444

 

[TsarTsar444]

Changing script to latin means saying goodbye to 4000 years of history and literature.

We saw what happened in Turkey when their script was changed. No modern turk can read 19th turkish poetry @TsarTsar444

They can read it with latin alphabet

 

[Deleted member 13787]

Changing script to latin means saying goodbye to 4000 years of history and literature.

We saw what happened in Turkey when their script was changed. No modern turk can read 19th turkish poetry @TsarTsar444

its not because of that
its because one spelling has 20 different words attached to it, even accounted for tone

 

[Deleted member 17872]

They can read it with latin alphabet

transliteraling into another script means a lot of nuance gets lost especially if it's poetry

 

[Deleted member 13787]

And no one learns japanese so my point stands

@Bashan

 

[TsarTsar444]

transliteraling into another script means a lot of nuance gets lost especially if it's poetry

How does a script change that? A language does

 

[Bashan]

@Bashan

Objectively speaking Japanese is a retarded language both in written and speaking form. I can go into details about Kanji and pitch accent and other dumb shit that they do but the language itself is beautiful. Even Chinese is easier and makes more sense (especially the speaking form)

Still a beautiful language.

 

[Deleted member 13787]

Objectively speaking Japanese is a retarded language both in written and speaking form. I can go into details about Kanji and pitch accent and other dumb shit that they do but the language itself is beautiful. Even Chinese is easier and makes more sense (especially the speaking form)

Still a beautiful language.

no doubt
spoken japanese has always sounded mystical to me
chinese seems way easier actually. most are intimidated by hanzi which are proven to be very easy to learn with rtk method

 

[Bashan]

How does a script change that? A language does

My bad.

 

[Bashan]

no doubt
spoken japanese has always sounded mystical to me
chinese seems way easier actually. most are intimidated by hanzi which are proven to be very easy to learn with rtk method

Beautiful but not a very efficient language. Kind of like a supermodel with an IQ of 85.

 

[TsarTsar444]

There's no perfect translations. Just like how if you watch Anime with english subs you will NEVER get the same experience as a guy who just listen and get it in Japanese. You can get close, very close - but never the same. Now if you take 4k years of history and you do that over and over again, the end result can be VERY DIFFERENT.

But alphabet shouldn't change the original meaning of a text. Translation would

 

[Bashan]

But alphabet shouldn't change the original meaning of a text. Translation would

My bad I thought you talked about a literal full translation. I didn't read the thread.


Awkward

 

[LiteralCaucasian]

Soviets buck broke Azerbaijanis into accepting the Cyrillic, now they're seething about it.
China will never back down like this.

 

[gribsufer1]

enough


It's often used for foreigners learning Chinese in the beginning, and Chinese have to use Pinyin to spell/ write Chinese characters on computers/ phones

translate this for me https://looksmax.org/threads/chinese-speakers-gtfih-i-need-u.638740/

 

[Deleted member 17872]

How does a script change that? A language does

sounds. No two scripts have same sounds and slight difference in phonetics change the meaning entirely

 

[hiwasuwor]

It makes me mad that norway and sweden use latin instead of nordic runes

 

[hiwasuwor]

Kazachstan want to change to latin. I dont understand it tbh. They never had contact or were part of rome. They never got colonized by europe. But muh we want to be more western and not russianized

 

[TsarTsar444]

sounds. No two scripts have same sounds and slight difference in phonetics change the meaning entirely

You realize there a different type of latin alphabets like in Poland, Albania and Turkey with unique letters made for those special sounds right?

 

[Deleted member 17872]

You realize there a different type of latin alphabets like in Poland, Albania and Turkey with unique letters made for those special sounds right?

they can approximate the sounds but they can never be accurate.

 

[TsarTsar444]

they can approximate the sounds but they can never be accurate.

They can, my language is literally one of the only ones on Earth that has 2 official alphabets, both do their jobs perfectly

Ш = sh
Š = sh

 

[Hero of the Imperium]

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[Hero of the Imperium]

Then make an own new one like Korea jfl. (which you can learn in a day)

zhuyin is used in taiwan and is non latin. but see link above

 

[PubertyMaxxer]

Kazachstan want to change to latin. I dont understand it tbh. They never had contact or were part of rome. They never got colonized by europe. But muh we want to be more western and not russianized

They will never get rid of Russian influence due to their geopolitical situation. They will continue to learn Cyrillic Russian.

 

[Wallenberg]

And no one learns japanese so my point stands

lol nope

Chinese characters are good

 

[Deleted member 25938]

its not because of that
its because one spelling has 20 different words attached to it, even accounted for tone

Korean is like that too, but it gets even more confusing because there aren't any tonal variants to one syllable. It also doesn't help that Korean has the widest lexicon of any language.

Also Korean grammar is arguably more difficult than Mandarin/Cantonese

 

[Deleted member 25938]

Kazachstan want to change to latin. I dont understand it tbh. They never had contact or were part of rome. They never got colonized by europe. But muh we want to be more western and not russianized

They should adopt the Persian script