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minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·16 days agoTry reading Japanese without kanji and see how rough it get with all the homophones. They have 3 alphabets and its called a “writing system” because of it.
minus-squaremagusfungus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·16 days agoThere are no alphabets in Japanese language.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·16 days agoYeah, kind of exactly the nightmare of a “writing system”. Its a dare to try to explain it in less than 10 words.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoI’ll take that dare: 5 character sets and four languages in a trenchcoat です。
Try reading Japanese without kanji and see how rough it get with all the homophones.
They have 3 alphabets and its called a “writing system” because of it.
There are no alphabets in Japanese language.
Yeah, kind of exactly the nightmare of a “writing system”. Its a dare to try to explain it in less than 10 words.
I’ll take that dare:
5 character sets and four languages in a trenchcoat です。