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I'd say learn Hokkien first, which as a Min dialect has a more conservative phonology, which will help more than Mandarin when learning Japanese and Korean. The
by tokinonagare 4y ago
I'd say learn Hokkien first, which as a Min dialect has a more conservative phonology, which will help more than Mandarin when learning Japanese and Korean. The rest is a matter of test.
Also, I recommend using a website like the one I made (in alpha), which helps comparing the pronunciation of vocabulary of Sinitic origin: http://144.24.197.67/entry/e5b585e5-aba3-0000-0000-000000000000 http://144.24.197.67/entry/e5b585e5-aba3-0000-0000-000000000...
- 999900000999 4y agoCool website, any way you could like have a domain so I could send it to people. Looks kind of scary now
- tokinonagare 4y agoThat's on purposes for few reasons ranging from legal, mistakes in the linguistic modelling, approximations in the data used for algorithmic comparison, lack of pagination in the indexes, etc. Send me an email from the address found on the paper on the website if you want, so I can keep you notified of the real release.