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Why is katakana considered its own character set while the Latin capital letters aren't?
Distinguishing certain characters in handwriting and print (Similar-looking Kana and Kanji)What are the rules determining the use of the dash in katakana?Intuitive or logical way to know when to use a kanji spelling vs hiragana spelling?Something that can be written with kanji but not with kana?Are ミツバチ and イルカ more frequently written in katakana?Learning, where to start?How has Japanese kanji and kana usage changed since 1945Writing jukugo where only some kanji are knownWhy are some words (e.g., 処方箋) sometimes partially written with hiragana?Why are Japanese fonts different to Chinese?
Everyone has agreed upon that Japanese has three sets of characters - hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Yet the Latin alphabet is considered to be one character set, even though the capitals and lowercase letters differ just as much as the two kana.
Why is this the case?
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Everyone has agreed upon that Japanese has three sets of characters - hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Yet the Latin alphabet is considered to be one character set, even though the capitals and lowercase letters differ just as much as the two kana.
Why is this the case?
katakana hiragana kana written-language
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Everyone has agreed upon that Japanese has three sets of characters - hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Yet the Latin alphabet is considered to be one character set, even though the capitals and lowercase letters differ just as much as the two kana.
Why is this the case?
katakana hiragana kana written-language
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Everyone has agreed upon that Japanese has three sets of characters - hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Yet the Latin alphabet is considered to be one character set, even though the capitals and lowercase letters differ just as much as the two kana.
Why is this the case?
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(1) First of all, Japanese uses 5 separate scripts, not 3. They are:
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Romaji
- Arabic Numerals
All of these scripts are used frequently in Japanese, so it is not correct to say it only uses 3 scripts.
(2) Secondly, you ask why romaji are not considered to be two separate scripts since they have upper case and lower case. You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect. The upper case and lower case variants of alphabet letters are known as allographs (see here for more details). This means that they are simply variants of the same letter. In contrast, although hiragana and katakana may represent the same phonemic sounds, they have distinctly different characteristics. For example, Hiragana are used to represent verbal inflections whereas Katakana do not. Katakana are used to represent loan words in Japanese, whereas Hiragana are not. In short, there are many important linguistic differences between the two scripts and since they have these different functions, they are not considered to be just variants of the same symbols (as is the case with upper case/lower case).
answered 8 hours ago
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"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
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(1) First of all, Japanese uses 5 separate scripts, not 3. They are:
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Romaji
- Arabic Numerals
All of these scripts are used frequently in Japanese, so it is not correct to say it only uses 3 scripts.
(2) Secondly, you ask why romaji are not considered to be two separate scripts since they have upper case and lower case. You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect. The upper case and lower case variants of alphabet letters are known as allographs (see here for more details). This means that they are simply variants of the same letter. In contrast, although hiragana and katakana may represent the same phonemic sounds, they have distinctly different characteristics. For example, Hiragana are used to represent verbal inflections whereas Katakana do not. Katakana are used to represent loan words in Japanese, whereas Hiragana are not. In short, there are many important linguistic differences between the two scripts and since they have these different functions, they are not considered to be just variants of the same symbols (as is the case with upper case/lower case).
answered 8 hours ago
kandymankandyman
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"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
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(1) First of all, Japanese uses 5 separate scripts, not 3. They are:
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Romaji
- Arabic Numerals
All of these scripts are used frequently in Japanese, so it is not correct to say it only uses 3 scripts.
(2) Secondly, you ask why romaji are not considered to be two separate scripts since they have upper case and lower case. You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect. The upper case and lower case variants of alphabet letters are known as allographs (see here for more details). This means that they are simply variants of the same letter. In contrast, although hiragana and katakana may represent the same phonemic sounds, they have distinctly different characteristics. For example, Hiragana are used to represent verbal inflections whereas Katakana do not. Katakana are used to represent loan words in Japanese, whereas Hiragana are not. In short, there are many important linguistic differences between the two scripts and since they have these different functions, they are not considered to be just variants of the same symbols (as is the case with upper case/lower case).
answered 8 hours ago
kandymankandyman
4,028723
"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
– requiredandshown
1 hour ago
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(1) First of all, Japanese uses 5 separate scripts, not 3. They are:
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Romaji
- Arabic Numerals
All of these scripts are used frequently in Japanese, so it is not correct to say it only uses 3 scripts.
(2) Secondly, you ask why romaji are not considered to be two separate scripts since they have upper case and lower case. You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect. The upper case and lower case variants of alphabet letters are known as allographs (see here for more details). This means that they are simply variants of the same letter. In contrast, although hiragana and katakana may represent the same phonemic sounds, they have distinctly different characteristics. For example, Hiragana are used to represent verbal inflections whereas Katakana do not. Katakana are used to represent loan words in Japanese, whereas Hiragana are not. In short, there are many important linguistic differences between the two scripts and since they have these different functions, they are not considered to be just variants of the same symbols (as is the case with upper case/lower case).
answered 8 hours ago
kandymankandyman
4,028723
(1) First of all, Japanese uses 5 separate scripts, not 3. They are:
- Hiragana
- Katakana
- Kanji
- Romaji
- Arabic Numerals
All of these scripts are used frequently in Japanese, so it is not correct to say it only uses 3 scripts.
(2) Secondly, you ask why romaji are not considered to be two separate scripts since they have upper case and lower case. You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect. The upper case and lower case variants of alphabet letters are known as allographs (see here for more details). This means that they are simply variants of the same letter. In contrast, although hiragana and katakana may represent the same phonemic sounds, they have distinctly different characteristics. For example, Hiragana are used to represent verbal inflections whereas Katakana do not. Katakana are used to represent loan words in Japanese, whereas Hiragana are not. In short, there are many important linguistic differences between the two scripts and since they have these different functions, they are not considered to be just variants of the same symbols (as is the case with upper case/lower case).
answered 8 hours ago
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"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
– requiredandshown
1 hour ago
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"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
– requiredandshown
1 hour ago
"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
– requiredandshown
1 hour ago
"You imply that hiragana/katakana are analogous to upper case/lower case, but this is also incorrect." Wait: OP has implied that the two are visually analogous. That is reasonable. "differ as much" -- This phrase is the problem.
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