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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Japanese_phonologyJapanese phonology - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. The phonology of Japanese features a phonemic inventory including five vowels ( /a, e, i, o, u/) and 12 [1] or more consonants (the number of consonant phonemes varies greatly depending on how certain sounds are analyzed). The phonotactics are relatively simple, allowing for few ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › International_PhoneticInternational Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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   10 hours ago · The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech sounds in written form.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › KanaKana - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation:) are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae.In current usage, kana most commonly refers to hiragana and katakana.It can also refer to their ancestor magana (真仮名, lit. 'true kana'), which were Chinese characters used phonetically to transcribe Japanese (e.g. man'yōgana); and hentaigana, which are historical variants of the now ...

4. www.britannica.com › topic › Japanese-languageJapanese language | Origin, Family, Alphabets, History ...

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   3 days ago · Japanese language, a language isolate (i.e., a language unrelated to any other language) and one of the world’s major languages, with more than 127 million speakers in the early 21st century.

   • Author: Masayoshi Shibatani

5. mochidemy.com › support › write-in-japaneseHow to write in Japanese - learning Japanese scripts

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   3 days ago · Katakana. ア (a): Start with a horizontal line, followed by a vertical line intersecting it, and finish with a short diagonal stroke. イ (i): Write a short diagonal line from top left to bottom right, then a longer vertical line. ウ (u): Begin with a short diagonal line, followed by a horizontal line intersecting it, and finish with a ...

6. www.dedalvs.com › slipaSign Language IPA

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   5 days ago · The IPA is used to transcribe speech sounds, and while it's not equally complex (it's a linear system transcribing the [mostly] linear sound systems of spoken languages), it's cumbersome, and difficult to write quickly—especially if one intends to do a narrow (i.e. as accurate as possible) transcription.

7. wikilanguages.net › language › enWiki Languages: Japanese language (日本語)

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   4 days ago · Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] (listen)) is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan language family.