JP1000 Introductory Lecture 03


JAPANESE SYLLABLES:

Basic Syllables:

    a     i     u     e     o
   ka    ki    ku    ke    ko         ga     gi    gu    ge    go
                                      g~a    g~i   g~u   g~e   g~o
   sa   shi    su    se    so         za     ji    zu    ze    zo
        (si)                                (zi)
   ta   chi   tsu    te    to         da    (ji)  (zu)   de    do
        (ti)  (tu)                          (di)  (du)
   na    ni    nu    ne    no
   ha    hi    fu    he    ho         ba     bi    bu    be    bo
              (hu)                    pa     pi    pu    pe    po
   ma    mi    mu    me    mo
   ya   (yi)   yu   (ye)   yo
         (i)         (e)
   ra    ri    ru    re    ro
   wa                     (wo)
                           (o)

Syllabic Nasal: N (= m/n/ñ/N)

Geminates/Double Consonants: Q (= p/t/s/sh/k)

Palatalized Syllables:

  kya         kyu         kyo        gya       gyu         gyo
                                     g~ya      g~yu        g~yo
  sha         shu         sho         ja        ju          jo
 (sya)       (syu)       (syo)      (zya)     (zyu)        (zyo)
  cha         chu         cho
 (tya)       (tyu)       (tyo)
  nya         nyu         nyo
  hya         hyu         hyo        bya       byu         byo
                                     pya       pyu         pyo
  mya         myu         myo
  rya         ryu         ryo


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