zedgeist@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agoAsian scriptslemmy.worldimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down17cross-posted to: comicstrips@lemmy.world
arrow-up1372arrow-down1imageAsian scriptslemmy.worldzedgeist@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square28linkfedilinkcross-posted to: comicstrips@lemmy.world
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 month agoMost of those scripts have names that are not the labguage names. There katakana, hiragana, and kanji for Japanese, there’s hangul for Korean etc.
minus-squareanar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoWith Devnagiri, there is a one-to-many mapping of script to spoken languages, Hindi being only one of them. The graphic should have just listed scripts instead of spoken languages, since it is really about scripts
Most of those scripts have names that are not the labguage names. There katakana, hiragana, and kanji for Japanese, there’s hangul for Korean etc.
With Devnagiri, there is a one-to-many mapping of script to spoken languages, Hindi being only one of them.
The graphic should have just listed scripts instead of spoken languages, since it is really about scripts