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christ that is horrendous, especially pon hon bon hon hon pon. is there some kind of historical logic behind it?

• sheepdestroyer 4y ago
  It's for a better sounding liaison depending on the preceding number
  • cecilpl2 4y ago
    ippon nihon sanbon yonhon gohon roppon
• a1369209993 4y ago
  That's just consonant mutation[0][1], like how english speakers say "a pencil" but "an umbrella"[2]. (Ie, "hon", "pon", and "bon" are all the same word, just pronounced differently due to environment.) The fact that ほ ぼ ぽ (ho bo po) are all the same underlying letter, just with different diacritics, kind of hints at this. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_mutation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonant_mutation 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku 2: Of course, English pretty much only does the conspicous verson of this for that one word, because English.
• deleted 4y ago
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