Re: Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana are different LANGUAGES.

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:17:58 +0200, muchan wrote:

x01001x wrote:
This is because my aim is to convince society (or at least
sci.lang.japan) of the following:

Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana are different LANGUAGES.
If you want to argue with me on this, do it on THIS THREAD.

First show us your definition of what a "language" is.
Probably your definition differs widely from anyone's,
with whom you communicate with, on sci.lang and here on
sci.lang.japan. I don't under stand your point just becasue
I don't know what you mean with "different LANGUAGES".

For me, Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana are all just characters
to write, none of them is a language.
There is no point to "argue" with you on this.

muchan (a native Japanese)

Couldn't agree more. The various romaji systems are also writing systems
that can be used to represent the Japanese language.

Phil Yff
.

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