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Re:Has Google Translate been fixed yet? by Muromec on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:49AM (#37073617)
Because our alphabet doesn’t work for tonal languages and inventing a new one requires a king
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Re:Has Google Translate been fixed yet? by jwilk on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:55AM (#37073654)
Vietnamese is a tonal language that uses the Latin script. But yes, it's awkward.
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Re:Has Google Translate been fixed yet? by LAC-Tech on Thursday August 10, 2023 @06:09AM (#37074104)
There are chinese languages - completely tonal - whose only comprehensive written representation is with the roman alphabet.
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