Japanese Romanization: they still haven't decided

Language Log 2022-10-02

Summary:

All Japanese individuals who have attended elementary school since WW II have been taught to read and write romanized Japanese, and romanization is widely used for computer inputting and for other specialized purposes, particularly for those involving foreigners who do not know kana and kanji, but by no means for everyday reading and writing by Japanese citizens.  There […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=56461&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japanese-romanization-they-still-havent-decided

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Tags:

orthography

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

10/02/2022, 16:31

Date published:

10/02/2022, 13:56