Saturday, June 21, 2014

English as the World Language

In any event, Mandarin would be a very difficult language for the rest of the world to learn and master. Even if you put Chinese words into pinyin form (roman characters), there are four tones to each character (often monosyllabic) that clarify the meaning. Regardless, I don’t see the Chinese discarding their Mandarin characters and converting entirely to pinyin, as they are proud of their language, which has survived more than 5,000 years.

Read the rest of the article by Lee Kuan Yew here.

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