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Kind of. In my first semester of japanese we worked in hiragana+spaces. Having read English language papers on Japanese linguistics, I can also say that readin
by gizmo686 10y ago
Kind of. In my first semester of japanese we worked in hiragana+spaces.
Having read English language papers on Japanese linguistics, I can also say that reading the Latin is easy too.
- fenomas 10y agoSure, I didn't mean to suggest it can't be done in short spurts. But reading a novel that way would be hellish. The larger point being, Japanese isn't locked into using a logographic system - it already has two phonetic syllabaries that people could start using exclusively if there was some advantage to doing so.
- cthalupa 10y agoThat sounds like an absolutely miserable experience. I'd rather be forced to look up every 3rd or 4th kanji than try to deal with all hiragana writing.