[Wikipedia-l] Alex Y. Kwan

Thu Feb 17 13:58:36 UTC 2005

Hello,


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:15:42 +0100, pinco <pinco at kiesperanto.org> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> thank you for your attention!
> 
> I'm changing the page. You'll find a Chinese enter (ĉina, in Esperanto)
> where you can add your sentences under "mandarena" (Mandarin) or
> "kantona" (Cantonese). I know nothing abour Chinese! What's the
> difference between: Mandarin, Cantonese, Ming-Nan, Simplified Chinese,
> Traditional Chinese? Should I add all of them?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Nino
In the language aspect, Mandarin, Cantonese and Minnan are distinct
languages, while "Simplified Chinese" and "Traditional Chinese"
actually refer to two type of hanzi writing system. Mandarin can be
written in both, while Cantonese is usually written in Traditional
Chinese hanzi.
> 
> > I'd love to, but I don't know exactly where I should add it. Under
> > Chinese, probably, but that means the "wo ai ni" should be under
> > Chinese->Mandarin so that I can add a Chinese->Cantonese category.
> > Don't know what's either of those in Esperanto, though. :)
> >
> > little Alex
> 
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