why is mandarin becoming more disyllabic and how does it do it?
2007-02-28 04:09:34 · 3 answers · asked by helloguy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I disagree with the notion that Chinese "words" are bi-syllabic. However, as Mandarin evolves, it has come to use more complex structures, such as multiple phoneme constructions, to distinguish among "words", whereas less evolved languages such as Cantonese require a greater number of tones to enable sufficient distinction among concepts.
2007-02-28 05:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'cause they say that China is growing extremely fast, and they say that in about 10 years or less, it will be a potence; their workers bill their work for little money, and there is a lot of people in china, so that's why it's coming really important to learn chinese.
2007-02-28 12:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by sweetrocker_131 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either way, it is a hard, hard language to learn, it took me years to learn it, and i still don't feel i have it right.
2007-02-28 13:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋