Timeline for Can the number of letters in alphabet suggest how advanced civilization is?
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| Feb 3, 2019 at 13:44 | comment | added | user535733 | Yes, the answer does ignore logograms...because the Question does. | |
| Feb 3, 2019 at 12:51 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | Doesn't this answer ignores Chinese/Japanese characters, who represent semantics rather than sounds in general, which is why there's so many of them? | |
| Feb 2, 2019 at 22:20 | comment | added | user535733 | Agreed. That's why the answer says cultural representation | |
| Feb 2, 2019 at 22:13 | comment | added | avek | Letters and phonemes are not 1:1. Latin script has several versions for /k/. Traditionally, /f/ in Latin is written as either 'f' or 'ph'. 'Th' in English may mean one of two sounds. Latin 'H' is pronounced in some languages, but mute in others (like Spanish). Cyrillic (Russian variant) has the unprononceable ъ and ь that only modify how their neightbors sound. And it's only a few examples. By looking at an alien text, it's not possible to know their phonemes. We don't even know if they use sounds to communicate. | |
| Feb 2, 2019 at 21:50 | history | answered | user535733 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |