Re: こさぽ NOT ⑥⑧⼹ why?

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:34:33 +0100, Essential Touch wrote:

If the アイヌ are indigenous to Japan, why is Ainu written in Katakana and not
Hiragana?

I was under the impression this was mainly used for foreign words, or am I
missing something yet again?

Ainu is a language of Japan but is not a Japanese language. In fact, the
phonologies are quite different. To write the language, itself, a special
extended katakana syllabary has been devised. It is also written using the
Latin alphabet with some extensions. The extended katakana syllabary adds
about twenty half height katakana characters to address the differences
between Japanese and Ainu phonologies.

Phil Yff
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana are different LANGUAGES.
    ... For me, Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana are all just characters ... I didn't want to give a definition of language kind of on ... Muchan if yu are native Japanese are you able to understand why I say ...
    (sci.lang.japan)
  • Re: Questions for Woodstock
    ... We didn't learn the language, ... I used to be able to "read" Katakana. ... It's one character per consonant- ...
    (alt.gathering.rainbow)
  • Re: type kanji characters in Word 2007
    ... and Language Settings> Languages> Details> Default input language. ... Japanese input, then when Word opens, go to the Language icon at the ... if you're saying that your computer starts with Katakana and not ... Japanese input methods plus Korean and Chinese. ...
    (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
  • Re: Yanomamo Language
    ... Phonetic language clearly exists. ... Hiragana and Katakana are examples ... while kanji is more like a pictographic ... The language you are speaking about is called Japanese. ...
    (sci.lang)
  • Re: Learning to Speak Arabic
    ... katakana has a cursive history. ... less accessible) ones in Schrift und Schriftlichkeit pp. 387-90 and the ... "Japan: Writing ...
    (sci.lang)