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[quote=SANYACHINA,231706]"Azerbaijan, Moldova, Macdonia and Mongolia.... hmm.... all formerly socialist countries whose governments, at least during some period in the past, put a lot of effort and resources into education."

GOOD POINT! IT MAKES ME TO FIND ANOTHER EXAMPLE: FORMERLY NON-SOCIALISTIC COUNTRIES, BUT WITH DEVELOPED WRITTING SYSTEMS :) MY PLEASURE:

1.Cyprus 	definition: age 15 and over can read and write 
total population: 97.6% 
male: 98.9% 
female: 96.3% (2003 est.)

2. Greenland 	definition: age 15 and over can read and write 
total population: 100% 
male: 100% 
female: 100% (2001 est.)

3. Guam 	definition: age 15 and over can read and write 
total population: 99% 
male: 99% 
female: 99% (1990 est.)

4.Trinidad and Tobago 	definition: age 15 and over can read and write 
total population: 98.6% 
male: 99.1% 
female: 98% (2003 est.)

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"Cuba also has a very high literacy rate, and for the same reason."

If Cuba have to use 8 000 + characters instead of the simple Latin, the situation will be not so good.

"One could argue these examples prove my assertion that literacy rates have more to do with access to education than the writing system."

Both. Education is education. BUT IT IS MUCH EASIER TO LEARN HOW TO COMBINE 26 - 50 letters than 5 000 - 9 000 "pictures". Simply -Maths...

"There are many reasons for this. Chinese characters are only one of them. Anyway, having studied Russian (as I believe you have, too), I know as well as you do that learning all 33 letters does not make one literate."

WHY NOT? RUSSIAN IS MOSTLY PHONETIC. ONLY "O" depends of the stress you can pronounce like "WO" or like "AH" and sometimes the letter "4" ("CH" or "SH'). Almost everything else is 1 to 1.
LOOK HOW EASY IT IS:

K = K
H = N
I/I = YI
_
| = G

A = AH

When you combine them together you will receive a "KNYIGAH". No changes. It means "book". Anyway it is very funny if you think that to start read Russian is not easier than to start read Chinese. Every single Russian and Chinese will show you the terms of their children start to be able to read books/ newspapers.

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