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That really depends on your language system. What you say is true for alphabetic systems, but quite different for logographic (e.g. Chinese) or pictographic sys
by cycomanic 6y ago
That really depends on your language system. What you say is true for alphabetic systems, but quite different for logographic (e.g. Chinese) or pictographic systems.
- dwb 6y agoI don't think they're different enough to refute my point. You see Chinese characters in a great variety of typographic and handwritten styles, all able to be read by fluent people.
- jimbokun 6y agoIt is equally true of the Chinese character system. They have more "letters", but the point is still to unambiguously map a drawing of a character to a specific, discrete value.