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Distinguishing Beijing Dialect and Putonghua

Posted on Sunday May 13, 2012

In the beta launch post on Sinoglot there’s some discussion of the putonghua/vernacular dichotomy (discussed in this blog post as well) and how versions of Standard Mandarin get the ‘普 putonghua’ flag, while vernaculars get the 方 flag. Transliterationisms comments: … Continue reading

Beta launch announcement

Posted on Tuesday May 08, 2012

中文 Kellen and I are very excited to announce the beta launch of Phonemica, which we hope will be a rich source of scholarship, activity, and (geeky) entertainment for years to come. Phonemica (乡音苑, xiāngyīnyuàn), to quote the tagline, is “a … Continue reading

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