Learning Classical Chinese (Specific Languages) Language Learning Forum

Learning Classical Chinese
Tags: Mandarin
Share with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon
Language Learning Forum : Specific Languages

25 messages over 4 pages: 1 2 3 4

Ari
Heptaglot
Senior Member
Norway
Joined 6376 days ago
2314 posts - 5695 votes

Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese
Studies: Czech, Latin, German

Message 25 of 25

17 May 2011 at 3:23pm | IP Logged

Kannan wrote:

I don't mean reconstructed Old Chinese necessarily, but they should go back just far enough to ensure that there won't be a ridiculous number of homophones, and then make sure this pronunciation is taught across China.

You don't have to go back at all, since there are plenty of Chinese languages that don't have a ridiculous amount of homophones.

But that's just not going to happen.

1 person has voted this message useful

This discussion contains 25 messages over 4 pages: << Prev 1 2 3 4

If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register

Printable version

You cannot post new topics in this forum - You cannot reply to topics in this forum - You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum - You cannot create polls in this forum - You cannot vote in polls in this forum

This page was generated in 0.0938 seconds.