Re: Japanese orthography (was: Korean politeness levels ( wasRe: Tonal Languages taken to extremes))
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 4, 2001, 18:15 |
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John Cowan wrote:
>laokou scripsit:
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> > (meanwhile, the editor in me cringes when the
> > Chinese city of Xi1an1 is written Xian, and not Xi'an; go figure).
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>Of course, Xiiaan would be unambiguous.
But if I got your scheme right (note that I know very little of Chinese),
{Xian} could be interpreted as either "Xi2'an2" or "Xian2" (whether or not
these actually mean anything). Am I missing something?
Andreas
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