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05-13-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lini2k View Post
Hello,

I am a little confused about the romanization of ぢand づ. Currently I am using the Genki textbooks to learn Japanese, and it tells me that ぢand づ are pronounced as 'ji' and 'zu' just like じ and ず , but I found many resources that tell me that they are pronounced as 'di' and 'du'
Help please? What is the correct pronunciation of them?
In all the parts of Japan that matter to foreigners (gross oversimplification, I know—see link below), じ=ぢ、ず=づ. Here's a Wikipedia article discussing exactly this issue: Yotsugana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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