Yes, but from an objective point of view, does this justify all the time one should put in learning Kanji? And I believe that while they do read it like that, people can change and become efficient at a different way of writing fairly quickly.Originally Posted by Elin
Turkey for instance, used arabic letters for writing before Ataturk. Ataturk changed the written language to use roman letters. Now people read em as fast as they would read arabic letters, or maybe even faster. Notice that the spoken language didn't change, just the writing system.
I'd say they can come up with a significantly more efficient writing system both in learning and in communicating sentences if they wanted to...
