abc_root <abcd_root@...> writes:
Dear all:
I would like to request a new Wikipedia for classical Chinese or kanbun( 漢文/文言文) which is the standard form of Chinese for about two thousand years and was used throughout East Asia as the formal form of writing. Its importance in East Asia is like that of Latin in Europe. Now that Wikipedias are running or being started for many of the languages in East Asia, it seems that the language which is the backbone of these languages should also have a place.
One problem that might be encountered in writing articles for kanbun wikipedia is how the foreign loanwords (e.g. from English) should be phonetically transcribed when there is no corresponding word in kanbun itself. If they are transcribed using kanji (Chinese characters), there is the question of which language should be used to read the kanji. Here I suggest using an alphabet system of East Asia (e.g. Japanese kana or Korean hangul, or Taiwanese chu-yin) for the transcription and also note the original word in English (or any other language of origin or the roman transcription if the language is not written in roman alphabet). This allows kanbun users speaking different languages to know the original foreign word.
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Problem is use when of does the classical Chinese write? Ming and Qing? Is Tang Sung period? Or does QIN2 HAN4 is period? Or to is more early? Each period classical Chinese differ very greatly.The Manchu Dynasty and Han dynasty rise of test twice according to the custom of the ancient works, be for can let the then person comprehend the people of the past's work of classical Chinese.The ancients is still not apprehensibility more early the classical Chinese of the ancients, so which period classical Chinese we use to write worthwhile discussion.If use the MIng and Qing period classical Chinese writing, that is much more simple, plus some 之乎者也, delete 的了呢.( this and Chinese version difference not big)If use first Qin's classical Chinese write, having no several individuals perhaps can write.
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