Re: Language comparison

> It's not one-to-one, because there's more than one
> language whose words you can use, but it's nevertheless the case that
> Chinese writing is written language.   Which is very different from
> other forms of pictorial representation of meaning.
How?

Seems to me that the only "difference" is that it's serial, and that
it has a known way to translate into speech. The latter is irrelevant
- one can always devise one, relatively easily, for a serial code. So
is a written form that does not yet have a manner of speech not a
"real" form of language? How about one that is hard to code into
speech, like a thoughtweb-style branching design? (Imagine Wine
Script, but instead of only allowing leaves, allow each item to be a
branch, too... and allow branches to connect to each other.)

- Sai