| hi every one. i heard different versions from my friends concerning the tone of shanghainese. One told me it's tone free, and above Will's quote "It is also much easier to pronounce than any other Chinese dialect again tones are also irrelevant" suggested the same,while others complained in my face how shanghainese tones vary all over the place, and they are a hell lot more complicated than manderin, more like cantonese. I don't know who to trust. Will, are you shanghainese? i found your input of Shanghainese history very interesting. You mean if I speak shanghainese to the people from the surrounding cities outside shanghai, they will understand me with no problem? If so I would like to learn some shanghainese. I read your shanghainese alphabet,- Ma Chengze is right. They are very confusing, Ma chengze's is much pleasant to my eyes and mouth. Anybody know where they offer shanghainese tutorials? |
Mandarin or Shanghaiese?