> As for Japanese, the kana alphabet can be transcribed to Alphabet without information loss Not quite true in reverse - lead and read, for example, would have

> As for Japanese, the kana alphabet can be transcribed to Alphabet without information loss Not quite true in reverse - lead and read, for example, would have the same kana but are different in english. That said, yeah I totally agree, there is nothing wrong with using the alphabet if you are mindful that there is a different phonetic 'mapping.'