9 Apr
2003
9 Apr
'03
10:36 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 06:17:34PM +0100, Jim Dixon wrote:
On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote:
The Japanese actually have three written languages -- hiragana, katakana and kanji -- and everybody pretty much uses them all, often at the same time.
These aren't languages. The first two are alphabets - or rather syllabaries. They go "ka ki ku ke ko ...", that is, there is a character
Ah yes, you're right, I mispoke. Alphabets, scripts, whatever, it is pretty amazing. US kids have enough trouble learning to read in one alphabet. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com