Striving to revive the flagging sinographic cosmopolis

Language Log 2025-04-26

Summary:

If we take stock of the sinographic cosmopolis at the end of first quarter of the 21st century, it is evident that it is increasingly moribund.  Vietnam has jettisoned chữ Hán for the Latin alphabet; North Korea has switched exclusively to hangul; South Korea now uses very few hanja; the Japanese script currently consists of […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=68958&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=striving-to-revive-the-flagging-sinographic-cosmopolis

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

04/26/2025, 11:01

Date published:

04/26/2025, 06:32