Talk:英文

Cantonese tone change

Takeaway of an informal discussion:

• 英文(man4-2)名: OK
• 英文(man4)名: OK
• 日文(man4-2)名: OK
• 日文(man4)名: less acceptable

—Suzukaze-c (talk) 06:32, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

I agree with these judgments. Also:

• 中文(man4-2)名: OK
• 中文(man4)名: OK
• 法文(man4-2)名: OK
• 法文(man4)名: probably OK
• 西文(man4-2)名: OK
• 西文(man4)名: probably OK
• 泰文(man4-2)名: OK
• 泰文(man4)名: probably OK
• 韓文(man4-2)名: OK
• 韓文(man4)名: less acceptable

Maybe it has to do with the tone of the first character? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 15:20, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Agree with both of you. For me:

• 俄文(man4-2)名: OK
• 俄文(man4)名: less acceptable
• 葡文(man4-2)名: OK
• 葡文(man4)名: less acceptable
• 德文(man4-2)名: OK
• 德文(man4)名: OK, but probably because I've attended a course in which the lecturer pronounced 德文(man4) for everything so I got used to it. RcAlex36 (talk) 15:28, 5 September 2020 (UTC)