PLA Language...

[youm0nt]

Or maybe they're just rigging the voice commands to be like, "Stupid developers, thinking this is Chinese" or something like that, haha.

[Zaknafein]

Originally Posted by HABO3

yeah really, what if they end up using some 12 year old kid to voice the commander or something

I think we can trust them enough not for that to happen

[El_Vikingo]

WTF?!?!? I THOUGHT CHINESE SPOKE CHINESE!!!!!!!!! j/k

[Atandon]

Just some background info: the Chinese have two languages- one is Mandarin, and the other is Cantonese. Cantonese is the newer version of Mandarin mainly used in the cosopolitan cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, whereas Mandarin is used in rural areas and where the Chinese government's influence is the greatest (Beijing). They are similar in some respects, though.

Under normal circumstances and in the business world cantonese is the more widely spoken of the two- but for more formal occasions Mandarin is more dominant- that is changing. In his recent speech to the Hong Kong people about the handover, Jintao was speaking Cantonese.

And no- EA's version of ' Chinese' is not accurate.

P.S: As a Hong Kong citizen (though not Chinese) I would like to wish all Hong Kongers in the PR community (are there any???) a happy 10th anniversary!!

[[R-DEV]Chuc]

Think less 'languages' and more 'dialects'. I mean, you're also forgetting the major dialects of Shanghainese, Hakka etc. Exact same writing system, different means of speaking it. I thought you should've known these things ;P

[Atandon]

Originally Posted by Chuc

Think less 'languages' and more 'dialects'. I mean, you're also forgetting the major dialects of Shanghainese, Hakka etc. Exact same writing system, different means of speaking it. I thought you should've known these things ;P

Indeed! As with all languages different regions have different dialects. In Arabic, for example, there is a dialect called 'Pashtun' which is prominent in Afghanistan. People speak with different accents and give emphasis on different letters and syllables within the same language. As an Indian, I am aware that those in the North speak somewhat differently than those to the South.
But under these circumstances it's just not practical to use different dialects (in this case the whole of the Insurgent/MEC/PLA language system would have to be reworked, and even then changes will barely go noticed).

[tekkyy]

Originally Posted by Atandon

Just some background info: the Chinese have two languages- one is Mandarin, and the other is Cantonese. Cantonese is the newer version of Mandarin mainly used in the cosopolitan cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, whereas Mandarin is used in rural areas and where the Chinese government's influence is the greatest (Beijing). They are similar in some respects, though.

Um, no.

Cantonese is only spoken in "Guangdong" province, where Hong Kong and Macau is). It is only widely spoken in 1 of the 3 "cosmo" cities of China. Hong Kong yes but not Shanghai or Beijing.

They are similar in some aspects but hardly similar in other aspects.

Cantonese and Shanghainese are similar (many tones) but Mandarin (4 tones) is quite different. For simplicity sake, consider Mandarin was created when Manchurians conquered China. It is Manchurians trying to speak Chinese (which at the time was Wu/Shanghainese).

http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/Mandarin_History.htm

[El_Vikingo]

These recruits sure know a lot about China...I love it how recruits are experts on everything.

[[R-DEV]Eddie Baker]

Originally Posted by El_Vikingo

These recruits sure know a lot about China...I love it how recruits are experts on everything.

[El_Vikingo]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Eddie Baker