The Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode discusses Middle Chinese in Age of Empires IV and writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphics and cuneiform to abjads (Hebrew, Arabic, Phoenician) and alphabets (Mongolian).
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苗:同埋瑪雅嗰啲,我唔係好熟喎。即係嗰啲一嚿嚿嗰啲吖嘛,瑪雅嗰啲係咪?好似個樣嗰啲吖嘛。好似有隻寵物小精靈嗰啲吖嘛。
靳:咩啊?
苗:一隻隻嘢㗎嘛。
以:逐隻捉咗佢。
苗:即係嗰啲瑪雅嗰啲文字,一隻隻嘢噉樣㗎嘛,好似神獸噉㗎嘛。
靳:係一個個好肥嘅噉樣,好似綿花糖噉樣嘅東西。
以:好似毛公仔噉樣㗎,之後佢又會攬住啲嘢噉樣樣。
苗:係啊,係啊,好似啊。
靳:好似毛公仔。
以:又有個魚頭啊,好鬼可愛㗎。
靳:係啊,係啊。
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