On 9/6/06, Andy Rabagliati andyr@wizzy.com wrote:
But you can brutalise English and still be understood, which I gather is not the case for Chinese.
Grammar for Chinese is very simple, with no conjugation of verbs. But learning the first 1,000 characters can be a pain. :) For those not used to tonal languages, pronunciation is often challenging.
Add on top of that - there are a wide variety of computer input methods for Chinese, so sitting down in front of the random computer may or may not allow you to enter Chinese they way you're used to.
But for zh:I was surprised to see the bulk of contributions coming from HK, and so many from NL...
zhwiki (1.5%): HK: 28.6%, TW: 25.9%, US: 13.7%, NL: 8.2%, CN: 6.1%, DE: 3.6%, BE: 2.3%, CA: 2.0%, FR: 1.3%, MO: 1.2%, JP: 1.2%, all others: 5.9%
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)