Um. Given that pinyin is taught from childhood, and that the Latin
script is near ubiquitous on the internet and computers in general, I
really doubt Chinese people have any problem with the Latin script.It's more likely that people have stopped using Esperanto because
there are tons of better, more interesting, languages to learn (like
Lojban).mi'e cntr
On 6 March 2012 14:31, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
> The number of Esperanto speakers has dropped in China considerably in the
> last decades.
> Esperanto leaders say it's all because it's hard for native Chinese speakers
> to learn Latin alphabet and understand that each symbol doesn't represent
> any semantic element but rather just a (usually) meaningless sound.
>
> That's why I'm happy that Lojban doesn't have any official writing system.
>
> Here is a draft of hànzì (Chinese symbol)-based Lojbanic writing method.
>
> 1. Every gismu and it's corresponding rafsi are represented using one symbol
> usually taken from hànzì table.
> e.g. {melbi} is 美 (pronounced as melbi, but in the original Chinese script
> it's mei3 that means "beautiful")
> 更 - zmadu (in hanzi it means "more" or "to change")
> 1a. Rafsi are written with exactly the same symbols but may be pronounced in
> a short form (not only {melb}, but {mle}, {mle} too)
> 2. Lujvo are written by joining several gismu together using simple
> character. For now I suggest caret (^) but it might be changed.
> e.g.
> 美^更 - mlemau
> 3. Personal names are written using jbopomofo or standard Chinese methods
> (using rare symbols with predefined sounding to represent certain sounds
> instead of meaning)
>
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