Making peace with Romaji

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@Edko

But recently I have started to learn Chinese and it seems Pinyin which is kinda based on Latin alphabet is a big deal in Chinese to the degree even Chinese students apparently use it.

@pm215

Chinese traditionally didn’t have anything like that, which is why pinyin is useful to fill that gap.

Just a tangential note unrelated to the romaji discussion: this is true for Mainland China, but seems different in Taiwan.

The kanji playground known as Taiwan

Here’s another thing I discovered in Taiwan. I didn’t know such a script existed! Photos from a zoo: [Screenshot_20240222_143409_Gallery] [Screenshot_20240222_143137_Gallery] Photos from a library: [20240219_134423] [Screenshot_20240222_143235_Gallery] It’s called bopomofo and you can only find it in children’s books and on signs written for small children. Taiwanese children use it as a stepping stone to Chinese characters, and adults still use it as the input method on mobile phones! …