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Misc Notes

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

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