Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin
| From: | Fabian <fabian@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 7, 2001, 0:05 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheng Zhong Su" <suchengzhong@...>
> Mandarin has
> 21 consonants, 35 vowels and 4 tones, multiply them
> together, it could be about 2800 phonetic types. Yet
> only 1200 in use, it's ridiculous.
You are completely ignoring closing consonants in that analysis. Chinese
is not a strict CV syllable formation language.
> I believe that an
> international language shall never be invented by a
> single person, it need hard work for linguists arround
> the world.
Milady, you are definately in teh wrong group. This kind of talk belongs
in auxlang, not conlang.
--
Fabian
Teach a man what to think, and he'll think as long as you watch him. Teach
a man how to think, and he'll think you're playing mind games.
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