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> why doesn't Chinese transliteration make rational use of vowels and consonants Usage is way more rational than in English where the number of graphemes and p
by tasogare 5y ago
> why doesn't Chinese transliteration make rational use of vowels and consonants
Usage is way more rational than in English where the number of graphemes and phonemes associations is mind blowing. Save for a few contextual allophones, vowels is very regular, and consonant letters has a 1:1 mapping to consonant which is very rational in pinyin.