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When learning a bit of Japanese to me it was quite obvious that the script was most likely intentionally left (or made) complicated. By using a normal alphabet
by WildParser 6y ago
When learning a bit of Japanese to me it was quite obvious that the script was most likely intentionally left (or made) complicated. By using a normal alphabet that actually fits to the structure of Japanese language it would be just another ordinary language to learn.
Using a syllables-script for an ending grammar just doesn't make sense. Using 2 syllable scripts is just strange.
It most likely helped the leaders there to stay in control. Without native Japanese translators foreigners are unable to get very far.
- Jonnax 6y agoWhat you've said is nonsensical. A good example of the phrase "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing" The language is structured around those two syllable letters.
- WildParser 6y agoWell, I haven't made that up myself - I got the idea from linguistics books - and from people that lived there for a long time. And those linguists were very clear that the language came first and then syllable script was bolted on.
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- earthboundkid 6y agoWE USE THREE SYLLABLE SCRIPTS ALL THE TIME IN ENGLISH. lowercase and uppercase are two divergent evolutions of the roman alphabet that got shoved together for no particular reason. ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
- anthk 6y agoFalse. Uppercase and lowercase are spelt identically, so do the italics.
- earthboundkid 6y agoLOL. You've been reading Roman letters for so long you've forgotten that A and a don't look even remotely alike.
- tanjtanjtanj 6y agoUppercase and lowercase are not spelt identically any more than katakana and hiragana are. q-Q, e-E, r-R, a-A, b-B and most of the rest are all completely different characters. Even m and M are not as straightforwardly connected as someone who learned a latin-character based language as their first language would think.
- anthk 6y agoq-Q, e-E, a-A and b-B don't diverge a lot. Now, put Kanjis in the list and we could guess the closes to that in Spanish would be & (et) and nothing more.
- tanjtanjtanj 6y agoThinking that e or a look anything like E or A is entirely down to your first language using the Latin alphabet (I'm making an assumption but I can't think of any other way they would look similar). I've done language conversation exchanges with Japanese English learners and the characters really are completely different to someone learning them for the first time.
- earthboundkid 6y agoใธ is virtually identical to ใ visually. Most of the katakana and hiragana pairs derive from the same kanji and share visual similarities, especially if youโre familiar with Chinese calligraphy. So what?
- WildParser 6y agoAre you an Engul user? Syllabic scripts for English are rare. Usually people use letters.
- anthk 6y ago>SYLLABE Ahem. Not even syllabes. Also, Gothic letters are just a representation, such as cursive, which in the end are the same letter. You have the Sans/Serif versions of the CJK characters, too.