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From: wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng)
Subject: Re: Chinese word ordering
Organization: Pegasus Information Systems
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References: <39c9mq$h5j@mother.usf.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 04:18:14 GMT
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In article <39c9mq$h5j@mother.usf.edu>,
Timothy Miller <millert@grad.csee.usf.edu> wrote:
>I'm wondering... do all Chinese languages have identical word ordering, 

There are minor differences, male chicken in Mandarin, chicken
male in Cantonese (spoken).

>or do people just put up with reading in a different word order from 
>which they are accustomed?  And if there are different word orderings, 
>with which language is the standard written language consistent?

The standard written language is based on spoken Mandarin.

Wing

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