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Japanese is actually top to bottom, but they largely gave up on that idea. Probably too much hassle.
by H8crilA 4y ago
Japanese is actually top to bottom, but they largely gave up on that idea. Probably too much hassle.
- irrational 4y agoBut, there are still texts that are read top to bottom. I only know that because my daughter has a Japanese friend and she has shown me some of her books and how they are read top to bottom.
- tmtvl 4y agoSame with Mongolian, but JP goes TBRL (Top to Bottom, Right to Left), Mongolian goes TBLR. Wikipedia has an overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system#Directionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system#Directionality