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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by cyberax on Friday April 21, 2023 @12:42PM (#35656404)
Phonetics don't really tell you the tone. Also, there are tons and tons of exceptions.
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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by lIl-IIIl on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:29AM (#35664475)
Similar to English and other less-than-perfect phonetic languages? Or worse?
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Re:Office of the President of Mongolia (top to bottom text o... by The_Colonel on Saturday April 22, 2023 @09:22AM (#35666367)
That brongs up the question? Are there actually alphabet based languages which are worse than English at pronunciation - transcription correspondence? The few I know are all better.
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