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Nihongo

Nihongo. The Japanese Language The Basic Components. The Japanese Language Consists of Three Kinds of Characters. Hiragana. Katakana. Kanji. Ka. Kanji. One can represent one or more different meanings. There are over 50,000 different Kanji.

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Nihongo

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  1. Nihongo The Japanese Language The Basic Components

  2. The Japanese Language Consists of Three Kinds of Characters • Hiragana • Katakana • Kanji Ka

  3. Kanji • One can represent one or more different meanings. • There are over 50,000 different Kanji. • The average person only knows about 1700 Kanji. • Originally came from China. • Hiragana and Katakana are descended from Kanji

  4. Hiragana • Was a simplified version of Chinese cursive script. • Wasn’t accepted by men but found favor among women. • Each symbol is either a vowel or a consonant followed by a vowel. • Used for words that do not have Kanji.

  5. In modern Japanese Katakana is used for the transcription of foreign words. Also used for onomatopoeias. Was originally developed as a short hand to Man’yogana. Man’yogana uses Chinese characters to phonetically represent the Japanese language. Katakana Home Page

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