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Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard

3 pointsby blacktulipalmost 2 years ago

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hunglee2almost 2 years ago
I think this is correct; if you would design a language from scratch, and optimise for accessibility, you definitely would not go logographic, tonal, non-phonetic like Chinese. There are other measures of efficiency though - in terms of information density, it is likely more efficient in written form than alphabetical languages. And of course if you optimise for security, its <i>lack</i> of accessibility is a plus