Re: Mixed writing systems (WAS: Newbie says hi)

>You might argue that the non-existence of written Shanghainese in itself is
>a evidence of linguistic repression.
Maybe. I am not sure. if so, how do you explain that cantonose can be writen. But i
think here the debate would need more historical knowledge than i have.

>
>>So even if the chinese governement encouraged teaching how to write the
>>dialect in schools, teacher whould face the problem that no one knows how
>>to write this.
>>
>Then perhaps the authorities should begin with encouraging the creation of a
>written Shanghainese.
Maybe, but if so, they should encourage it for each dialect, with means allmost each
city. And you know that there are quite many cities in china. It may be a good
idea. But many chinese people don't feel the need of it. But you can argue that
they don't feel this need because they have not thought about it, and that if
they actualy had it, it would be convenient. I don't know.