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Cayla (Offline)
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05-22-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnBraden View Post
The kana (hiragana and katakana) wouldn't be considered alphabets as such. I think they are more a list of phonetic syllables used in Japanese writing. Apart from the vowels there are only two "letters" that use the same symbol. N and M use the same symbol ん. All other characters in hiragana, for example, use two or three roman letters to describe them. I hope I didn't complicate things for you!

I guess you can say Ma, Me, Mi, Mo, Mu, Ra, Re, Ri, Ro, Ru, etc.
Thanks. And no, you did not complicate things for me.
The fact might be a little complicated its self, but i think i get it!
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