Are Chinese characters obsolete?
2009-01-24 10:05 pm
Will Chinese be one day written with Latin characters only and drop its beautiful characrers?
回答 (14)
2009-01-24 10:29 pm
✔ 最佳答案
No, because of the nature of the Chinese language, characters are the best way to write it down. There are so few syllables in Chinese, that there are thousands and thousands of homophones. To write them out in a western script (such as the pinyin romanization) would only lead to extreme confusion. Every syllable needs a distinct character, so that a reader can easily understand what is being communicated.Admittedly, it is harder to learn to read and write characters at first, but it is far more efficient that alphabetical writing for this particular language.
2009-01-25 1:19 am
Chinese characters will never be obsolete. They have been in use for over 4000 years, & it is still in use now. Latin uses an alphabet, so comparing it to Chinese is unfair. If you turn Chinese into a Latinized alphabet, then there would be a lot of confusion due to many homophones in Chinese.
2009-01-24 11:53 pm
Nope, don't see that happening. If it's written with Latin characters, it's be based on the sounds of the characters. But the problem is, there are so many characters that share the same sound. In order to distinguish between them, you'll be a different system. That's just too complicated. If so many billions of Chinese and primary-Chinese-speaking people are ok with the characters, then I don't see why it has to be changed to accommodate the other billions of non-Chinese population who's just studying Chinese as a second/third/fourth language.
2009-01-24 10:16 pm
Due to globalization it is very probable...
even if that happens, I think there will always be someone who cares in maintaining their cultural heritage alive, as it is with the Latin and other languages.
even if that happens, I think there will always be someone who cares in maintaining their cultural heritage alive, as it is with the Latin and other languages.
2009-01-24 10:37 pm
Well...i write you in english as u like! :p....the characters in chinese are always changing: At least that's i know, many of the characters chang every 8 years environ, a thing like that. I'm studying chinese and my teacher told us something like that at my first class. Not completely but they are always changing, i mean "the pictogrames" not writhing.
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2009-01-24 10:10 pm
I guess it is not obsolete if your chinese but in the world stage most people do not want to learn 6000 characters when most alphabets contain less than 30, that can be arranged to say anything they want.
So yes eventually it will be obsolete.
So yes eventually it will be obsolete.
2009-01-25 8:27 am
No, they will not become obsolete and be replaced by Latin characters. This is because there are simply too many Chinese words sharing the same sounds. The most it will happen is simplification.
2009-01-25 4:19 am
Actually, Chinese is already being written using Latin characters, it's called Pinyin writing and it's legally accepted by the Chinese government, though it's not the primary communication form and I highly doubt it will be.
2016-04-02 10:48 pm
why should it? if you look at the background of the koreans and the vietnamese getting rid of the chinese characters, you will know it's national pride, and not evolution that prompted that. these two countries had been ruled or administrated over by china for vast periods of time in their history. And they wanted to erase those pasts as much as they can. The japanese have made attempts to do so as well, but without great efforts, largely because they're not as insecure as the koreans and the vietnamese, since they're have always been the conquerer and aggressor. furthermore, the chinese language, with it's current phonetic system, is quite efficient in modern applications. It's a lot more applicable than most NON-indoeuropean languages.
2009-01-25 5:09 am
I think chinese characters will be obsolete someday; It is a very difficult language for most of the people in the world. I guess the international language will be Esperanto for the future.
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