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"Chinese pinyin is a good example - not only is it only an approximation of the actual sounds" I think you have misunderstood something. Reading the pinyin wi
by powera 4y ago
"Chinese pinyin is a good example - not only is it only an approximation of the actual sounds"
I think you have misunderstood something. Reading the pinyin without the tone markers (or worse, as-if it was English) would be an approxmiation (and tone sandhi isn't written), but otherwise it is what the characters sound like. How do you think kids in China learn Chinese today?
- dontlaugh 4y agoIt’s probably confusing because pinyin’s use of Latin characters doesn’t match any Latin language, or English, or even German. However, it is fairly internally consistent once you get over the surprises.