On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 01:06:01AM -0500, Mark Lewellen wrote: > I would disagree with "Bopomofo is roughly equivalent to hiragana"--
We had different definition to 'roughly', it seems. :-) > 1) Hiragana is part of the Japanese written language, whereas Bopomofo > is not part of Chinese written language--Bopomofo is an aid for > pronunciation, used primarily for educating children or for computer > input in Taiwan; The online writing in Taiwan is abundant with Bopomofo now, although admittedly not in the same role as hiragana. > 2) Bopomofo is alphabetic, whereas Hiragana is syllabic (i.e. > Bopomofo (albeit inconsistently) represent consonant/vowel sounds, > whereas Hiragana represent the pronunciation of an entire syllable). This is true. /Autrijus/
