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[Bruce Adams]

0ffh Wrote:

> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> > Bruce Adams wrote:
> >> Lars Ivar Igesund Wrote:
> >>> Really? I never noticed  that with my mother tongue (Norwegian, which use
> >>> mostly phonetic spelling). It is just a whole lot easier to learn to
> >>> write correctly. Apparently English is the language with the most
> >>> dyslectics, and that with a good margin. Chinese have none ...
> >>>
> >> Is that based on science or government propaganda?
> > 
> > Science. In English you have to learn writing almost independently from how
> > you talk. Chinese (and I suppose other similar languages) isn't necessarily
> > comparable, as they aren't spellable in the same way.
> 
> Right, the problem is that the phenomenon of dyslexia is just not
> applicable to the non-phonetic (purely symbolic) writing systems.
> That does in no way mean that analphabetism is less of a problem.
> 
> While I have to learn 26 letters plus pronunciation rules (which
> are not quite as horrendous as the English/American, but still a
> bit of work; I envy the Italian people here), educated Chinese
> people learn approximately 4000 Symbols (I am told).
> 
> Regards, Frank

Just  a thought but is it even possible to be dyslexic in an idiogrammic language?
The order of the symbols in a word doesn't affect its meaning so much if indeed at all.
No doubt there are conventions. Any writers of a Chinese or Japanese dialect here?
I have to get back to my linguistics texts.