[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square22fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down16
arrow-up133arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarebitofarambler@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-223 hours 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.