Re: [9fans] Simplified Chinese plan 9

eris.discordia@xxxxxxxxx (Eris Discordia) writes:

http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/Korean.htm

Interesting. I used to think Korean, too, uses a syllabary. Turns out
it's expressed alphabetically. Expressing Japanese that way would
create some space for confusion as there are certain sounds that never
combine with certain other sounds, e.g. there are 'sa,' 'se,' 'so,'
and 'su' syllables in which 's' is heard just like 's' in 'say' but
there's no 'si'--there's only 'shi.'

Actually, I belive that in Korean, "si" (시, if that displays for you at
all) is pronounced "shi". :P

If there existed an 's' character and also characters for vowels the
invalid combination 'si' could be created in writing. I wonder if
Korean alphabet can be used to make invalid combinations or all
possible combinations correspond to existing phonetic constructs.

Some combinations don't occur. Especially there are dipthongs that don't
occur. But that's not really strange or a problem. Consider the word:
qimk. It doesn't work in English, but the Latin alphabet still
functions.
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