Official Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) course request with Zhuyin

So a ton of other courses have multiple region versions. Like Portuguese having a (Brazil) and (Portugal) version. And Spanish having a (Spain) and (Mexico) version. Even English having a (British) and (American) version. So I would like to request a Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) and Mandarin Chinese (China). The already existing course would be the (China) version. But I really really want to see a Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) that offers traditional characters AND (This is very important) Zhuyin support! All the current Traditional Chinese courses out right now have no Zhuyin support which is a shame. And its a very Taiwanese system of reading (that IMO is better).

I don’t know if you all even plan on adding a Traditional Chinese Mandarin course. I am sure a lot of people would use it if you did. But I strongly hope that you do and that it offers Zhuyin support. I know that the Chinese course is progressing somewhat slowly (It still only has 3 lessons) and that may affect the creation of a Taiwan course. But I would still really like to see a Taiwan course even if we have to wait a while. Thank you! :3

Hi @Xefjord, there are quite a few good courses out there in Traditional Chinese. I was wondering what you meant with Zhuyin support? Bopomofo accepted as an answer? Or that has it as it written out on the new character screens?

There IS good Traditional Chinese courses. but nothing quite as polished in the same format as the official courses. I would like to see for a Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan) something very similar to the Chinese course already. except all the Hanzi is traditional. and everywhere there would be Pinyin you would see Bopomofo. (it can even teach bopomofo at the beginning like the Japanese and Korean courses teach their alphabets)

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I know this is super old but I just wanted to chime in that I’d definitely be interested in an (official) Taiwanese Mandarin course (Including audio with the Taiwanese accent rather than the Beijing one. :slight_smile: I’m learning in order to speak with a particular Taiwanese family, and where I live the Mandarin speakers are mostly from either Taiwan or Southern China. It’s super rare for me to hear an érhuà when out around shops/restaurants. :stuck_out_tongue: Unfortunately all the books I have access to also focus on the Beijing accent so I have to convert it all in my head. :slight_smile:
As to the pinyin vs. zhuyin, obviously I’m currently using pinyin, it wouldn’t be impossible to learn though considering I previously had to learn kana for when I was studying Japanese. (Though the best option to make it accessible to the largest amount of interested learners would be if there was some way to support both zhuyin and pinyin.)

I know it’s unlikely… but just adding myself to those already expressing interest.

If you’ve not got this already, @RainbowMeow

A Course in Contemporary Chinese - you can find the National Taiwan Normal University website, and get the audio from there. It’s quite a new textbook so the books themselves aren’t that cheap. As far as I’ve heard so far - no erhua and also shi is closer to si - which is how my main practice person pronounces it (but not everyone there does …)

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