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I love how explicit some written languages seem to be. It sounds great to be able to reliably pronounce any word perfectly. I suppose it's a trade off of comple
by mekkkkkk 6y ago
I love how explicit some written languages seem to be. It sounds great to be able to reliably pronounce any word perfectly. I suppose it's a trade off of complexity though. Learning these more explicit languages seems really daunting. Maybe it's just bias?
- bonoboTP 6y agoEnglish and French are the oddballs here. In virtually all other European languages you can reliably pronounce any written word of the language. You don't have to go to Asia for this.
- mekkkkkk 6y agoI don't know about that. I'm Swedish and there are a lot of words in our language that is impossible to deduce the pronunciation of. I'd assume the same is true for the other scandinavian languages as well since they are very similar. Perhaps we are oddballs as well, but it seems unlikely.
- elliekelly 6y agoYou might find the IPA interesting. With maybe an hour of studying to learn the letters/symbols and mouth movements you can reliably pronounce any word in any language so long as you’ve got the IPA spelling.
- mekkkkkk 6y agoI've actually looked in to IPA at one point. It is extremely useful when learning the basics of a new language. It would be very tedious to try to look up every new word you come across though. Alas, the worst part is that you don't know which words are pronounced differently than you assumed until you hear it or someone raises their eyebrows.