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title: "japanese"
tags: 
- language
---

# My plan


# Misc Notes
- [[japanese-words]]
- [[nope-threshold]]
- [[stages of learning]]
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# Sound system
24 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds (english: 24 and 14)

language formed using either consonant vowel pair (except the "n" sound).

has pitch accent: distinguish similar spelled words. 

pitches follow rules:
- first and second mora have different pitches,
- cant return from low to high

# Writing system
intriduced from china in the 4th or 5th century. evolved into its own system. 

three types or writing
- **hiragana** (46 chars + 2 diacritical marks)
	- used to denote sounds, and for functional words and inflectional ending (also some content words)
	- each one symbolises with a vowel or a consonant combinied with a vowel.
- **katakana** a syllabary used or loan or onomaopoeic words and scientific words
- **kanji** (from china), used for meaning and sound traditionally

| - | ん | w | r | y | m | h | n | t | s | k |   | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | ん | わ | ら | や | ま | は | な | た | さ | か | あ | a |
| i |   |   | り |   | み | ひ | に | ち | し | き | い | i |
| u |   |   | る | ゆ | む | ふ | ぬ | つ | す | く | う | u |
| e |   |   | れ |   | め | へ | ね | て | せ | け | え | e |
| o |   | を | ろ | よ | も | ほ | の | と | そ | こ | お | o |

| - | ん | w | r | y | m | h | n | t | s | k | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | n    | wa | ra | ya | ma | ha  | na  | ta  | sa | ka | a |
| i | | (wi) | ri |    | mi | hi | ni  | chi | shi | ki | i  |
| u | | |ru   | yu | mu | fu | nu | tsu | su  | ku  | u  |
| e | |(we) | re |    | me | he | ne  | te  | se  | ke | e  |
| o | |(w)o | ro | yo | mo | ho | no  | to  | so  | ko | o  |

# Resources

- http://plus.ajatt.com/nutshell/
- http://guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar
- https://app.memrise.com/course/29267/genki-i/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/4vhe30/6_months_later_how_i_learned_to_learn_japanese/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/startersguide/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/resources
- https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md
- https://realkana.com
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bRzVblKVOsQJjTc2PIi1Gbj_LrsJCkMkh0SutXCZdI/edit#
- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_chart.pdf
- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf
- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_chart.pdf
- http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf
- https://pomax.github.io/nrGrammar/
- https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md
- https://luckytoilet.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/the-power-law-distribution-and-the-harsh-reality-of-language-learning/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/fc8sot/the_nope_threshold_some_thoughts_on_what_words_to/
- https://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2016/08/25/what-80-comprehension-feels-like
- https://www.kanshudo.com/howto/pitch
- https://www.kanshudo.com/grammar/pronunciation