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Parent topics
- Writing system [r]: A set of signs used to represent a language, such as an alphabet, or a set of rules used to write a language, such as conventions of spelling and punctuation. [e]
- Orthography [r]: Art or study of correct spelling and grammar according to established usage. [e]
- Japanese language [r]: (日本語 Nihongo), Japonic language spoken mostly in Japan; Japonic family's linguistic relationship to other tongues yet to be established, though Japanese may be related to Korean; written in a combination of Chinese-derived characters (漢字 kanji) and native hiragana (ひらがな) and katakana (カタカナ) scripts; about 125,000,000 native speakers worldwide. [e]
- Chinese characters [r]: (simplified Chinese 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字) are symbols used to write varieties of Chinese and - in modified form - other languages; world's oldest writing system in continuous use. [e]
Subtopics
- Mora [r]: Unit of phonology which organises sequences of segments such as [h] and [o] into larger units (e.g. ほ ho in Japanese) which are subject to phonological rules, such as influencing which syllable in a word is stressed (as in English), or how long a syllable is relative to others (as in Japanese). [e]
- Lexical borrowing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Phonology [r]: In linguistics, the study of the system used to represent language, including sounds in spoken language and hand movements in sign language. [e]
- Morphology [r]: The study of word structure; the study of such patterns of word-formation across and within languages, and attempts to explicate formal rules reflective of the knowledge of the speakers of those languages. [e]
Japanese
- Kanji [r]: (漢字) Chinese-derived characters used to write some elements of the Japanese language. [e]
- Hiragana [r]: (ひらがな) one of three scripts used in the Japanese writing system, representing moras (units similar to syllables); typically used to write grammatical particles or explicitly indicate pronunciation. [e]
- Roomaji [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Culture of Japan
- Japanese English [r]: English as used by native speakers of Japanese, either for communicating with non-Japanese speakers or commercial and entertainment purposes. Includes vocabulary and usages not found in the native English-speaking world. [e]
- Nôm [r]: Nôm was a form of writing commonly used in Vietnam until the 1920s. It involved the used use of Chinese characters to write Vietnamese, similar to kanji in Japan or hanja in Korea. [e]
- 中国 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Ley [r]: Add brief definition or description