Why does Chinese have shapes instead of sounds?.

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 Why does Chinese have shapes instead of sounds?

   If a language is based on sounds, it means that the language can easily change.  It may even change from one language to another new language.

  For people who speak  spelling language, once they leave their hometown, they may find themselves trapped in a foreign language.  Sound changes in different places and at different times.  Moving to a new place, there will be different language.

   That's why you can find so many languages ​​in a small place like India or Europe. 

 Every new place has a new language.  Communication is therefore difficult.

    Sound is easily changed.  When people speak in different tones, spelling  change and a new language is born in a period of time.

   Chinese is a language dominated by glyphs, or shapes.  Glyphs are not easily changed.  Because the glyphs are not strung together with letters.  

In Chinese, sounds and glyphs are connected in some unknown way, unlike spelling where the sounds are fixed. 

The secret of Chinese pronunciation is still unknown.  No one knows where these sounds come from.  But in any case, Chinese language do not need spelling.  Because of this, Chinese has been able to remain stable for a long time.  

Spelling will cause characters to mutate, new languages ​​will appear easily, and it will become increasingly difficult for people in different places to communicate.

Chinese glyphs are more convenient for the right brain, it is another topic needs to explore.

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