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01-03-2009, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MissMisa View Post
Why is there 2 ji's?

じ that one and ぢ. Is it similar to the づ and ず thing?
Correct. See Wikipedia's page on Yotsugana. Yotsugana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I apparently have been too anal in my distinguishing of them. I've been observing Kagoshima pronunciation while speaking the Hyoujungo variety. Of course, my academic knowledge of Japanese is higher than my speaking ability.

Last edited by KyleGoetz : 01-03-2009 at 03:00 AM. Reason: typo
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