The Thai script translates to “Chiang Mai” which is a city in Thailand. Is it supposed to be “Thai” (ไทย) or “Thai Language” (ภาษาไทย)?
GaiusVelarius on
TIL about Alifuru script
GuyfromKK on
I am no sure if I read the Jawi correctly, but in Latin spelling it would be ‘kgngcap’. Like, what is that?
Stunning_Pen_8332 on
There’re Chu Nom and Kanji, but no Hanja
SyCh47 on
The “Bopomofo”, or Zhuyin, is not our writing system in Taiwan, we still write in HanZi. Zhuyin is a phonetic system similar to the PinYin that’s used in mainland china, each symbol of the system represents a “sound” in our language. In general, a character (Chinese word, or HanZi) constitutes one to three “sounds”. Thus by assembling different symbols we can denote the pronunciation of every character. If it’s still vague you can think about the International Phonetic Alphabet that we see in dictionaries.
The system now exists only in Taiwan (as far as I know), it is used for teaching (helps children learn the pronunciations of every character) and texting (the standard keyboard for traditional mandarin).
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The Thai script translates to “Chiang Mai” which is a city in Thailand. Is it supposed to be “Thai” (ไทย) or “Thai Language” (ภาษาไทย)?
TIL about Alifuru script
I am no sure if I read the Jawi correctly, but in Latin spelling it would be ‘kgngcap’. Like, what is that?
There’re Chu Nom and Kanji, but no Hanja
The “Bopomofo”, or Zhuyin, is not our writing system in Taiwan, we still write in HanZi. Zhuyin is a phonetic system similar to the PinYin that’s used in mainland china, each symbol of the system represents a “sound” in our language. In general, a character (Chinese word, or HanZi) constitutes one to three “sounds”. Thus by assembling different symbols we can denote the pronunciation of every character. If it’s still vague you can think about the International Phonetic Alphabet that we see in dictionaries.
The system now exists only in Taiwan (as far as I know), it is used for teaching (helps children learn the pronunciations of every character) and texting (the standard keyboard for traditional mandarin).