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> Maybe that system is just more prevalent in the asian education system. Sadly the modern Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese are choosing an alphabetical system
by est 16y ago
> Maybe that system is just more prevalent in the asian education system.
Sadly the modern Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese are choosing an alphabetical system rather than Chinese characters. The one and only civilization today still using logograms is China.
- Natsu 16y agoThe Japanese have been using a hybrid system for some time now. I guess the number of Chinese characters they use regularly has become somewhat more limited, but it's been holding steady for quite a while now. They did try to get rid of them once, only to find out that it wasn't going to work very well. You're right that the Koreans have pretty much abandoned logograms entirely, though. Now that they use hangul, I understand that there aren't many people remaining who can read anything written in their older writing systems.