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Old 17-Mar-2004, 09:28
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Originally Posted by sanny
明けましておめでとう

is this Chinese, Japanese or Taiwanese actually?
I also never heard of Mandarin, in what countries do they speak Mandarin?
It's Japanese.

明 = a
け = ke
ま = ma
し = shi
て = te

お = o
め =me
で = de
と = to
う = u

"akemashite omedetou" means, "Happy New Year" :)

Click on the link below to see where Mandarin Chinese is spoken.

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/profiles/profm02.htm

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