21-05-2026, 10:02 AM
(20-05-2026, 03:43 PM)nablator wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I estimate it to 800-1000 in long texts (without many exotic words), more than double what Mandarin has (~400).
Mandarin has almost 1300 distinct syllables (non-compound words), as counted You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. The number "400" is what one gets by discarding the tones. Since tone is totally significant (it changes completely the meaning of the word), discarding them would be like counting Latin syllables after deleting all vowels except "u".
All the best, --stolfi


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