[773] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: `i` v. `I` and pIqaD [followup]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu May 6 15:03:38 1993
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From: laibow@brick.purchase.edu (The Songbringer -- Marnen to the common fol
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 6 May 93 13:46:51 EDT
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In my previous post, I said that I'd never heard of the idea of using separate
systems to represent the same sounds in different parts of speech. This isn't
quite true. In Japanese, there are three systems of writing: kanji (Chinese
characters), katakana, and hiragana; the last two are syllabaries collectively
known as kana. Kanji are used for most words. Hiragana are used for structural
purposes (e. g. verb endings, even if the verb stem is written in kanji), or
for writing words that cannot be written in kanji or whose kanji is/are not
generally known. Katakana are mostly used for foreign words, and sometimes for
emphasis, much like italics. If it is desired to spell out a kanji using kana
for some reason, usually hiragana are used, though if only one of the three
systems is available, as for instance on many computers, it will usually be
katakana, analogous to the use of all caps on some Roman terminals (both
systems of kana cover the same sounds, though katakana, owing to its use for
foreign words, has ways to represent sounds not usually found in Japanese.
However, owing to the fact that they are merely modifications of existing
katakana symbols, there is no reason analogous formations could not be created
for hiragana).
Later,
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