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You are thinking about alphabet-based languages where the creation of a new word does not involve the creation of a new character. We are frequently creating ne
by robjan 8y ago
You are thinking about alphabet-based languages where the creation of a new word does not involve the creation of a new character. We are frequently creating new words which require "workarounds" (sometimes just using a romanisation) until it's properly encoded.
- emodendroket 8y agoWho are we here? The Japanese have a syllabary. Even the Chinese are, as far as I know, almost never creating new characters (when something new is called for, as far as I know, a soundalike old character is the most common solution).