By Amy Dinh

HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE ASIAN LANGUAGES

INTRODUCTION

A Couple of Reasons• Other East Asians being mistaken as Chinese

• “Ching Chong” or “Ching Chang Chong” language

What Inspired Me to Talk About Asian Languages

Mandarin Chinese

• Shrill

• Example:

• 你好 (N h o)ǐ ǎ

• 再見 (Zàijiàn)

Korean

• Poetic

• Example:

• 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)

• 안녕 (annyeong)

COMPARING SOUNDS – CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE AND VIETNAMESE

Japanese

• Elegant

• Polysyllabic

• Example:

• 今日は (Kyō wa)

• さようなら (Sayōnara)

Vietnamese

• Nasally

• Choppy

• Example:

• Chào

COMPARING SOUNDS – CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE AND VIETNAMESE CONT’D

• There are 11 dialects in South Korea alone

• 2 main regions that the dialects are in:

• Northwestern

• Central

• There are roughly 7 dialects in China

• The 2 that are most used is:

• Putonghua (Mandarin)

• Yue (Cantonese)

WHY IS SO DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE

Chinese Korean

• Split into northern, central, and southern regions

• Different enunciation

• Relatively difficult to understand Central Vietnam

• Split into eastern and western regions

• There are over 100 dialects

• Pitch

WHY IS SO DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE CONT’D

Japanese Vietnamese

• http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/Korean-big.gif

• http://lechinois.com/character/speechsounds.html

ALPHABET CHART

Mandarin Chinese Korean

• http://files.myopera.com/vietnamese-tutor/blog/Picture1.jpg

• http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/33700000/HIRAGANA-KATAKANA-learning-japanese-33795018-523-593.gif

ALPHABET CHART CONT’D

Japanese Vietnamese

CITATIONS

• Shan, Jun. "Chinese Dialects." About.com Chinese Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013.

• Yuhee, Ananda. "Dublekick's Side." Dublekicks Side. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013.

• Chung, L.A. "`Ching-chong'joke Spreadsignorance.“ MercuryNews.com. San Jose Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2006. Web. 05 Nov. 2013.

CONCLUSION – QUESTIONS?