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Direct linkChiung, Wi-vun Taiffalo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
The Han sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China, adopted Han characters and classical Han writing as the official written language before the 20th century. However, great changes came with the advent of the 20th century. After World War II, Han characters in Vietnam and Korea were officially replaced by the romanised "Chu…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Foreign Countries, Political Issues, Written Language
Peer reviewedBloor, Thomas; Tamrat, Wondwosen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Addresses the issue of language planning in pluralist Ethiopia. Offers an evaluative appraisal of the new policy that considers a number of obstacles to implementation of the policy and questions the move towards the preference of the roman alphabet to the Ethiopic syllabic writing system. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Amharic, Arabic, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language)
