Nantalith
Posts : 75
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Observatory
 | | Subject: Manyougana Mon May 24, 2010 1:28 pm | |
| Manyōgana is an ancient writing system that uses Chinese characters to write Japanese language. Manyōgana uses kanji for their phonetic value (借音 shakuon; "borrowed sound") rather than their meaning (借訓 shakkun; "borrowed meaning"). The name derives from the Manyōshū – the kana of the Manyōshū.
Does anyone else know anything else about this old writing system? Some thing other than what I can find on the internet. | |
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mikade
Posts : 114
Join date : 2010-05-03
| | Subject: Re: Manyougana Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:27 pm | |
| Isn't manyōgana like, a precursor to hiragana? Don't think you'd need to use it much it nowadays in your Japanese study. But I don't really know.  - Nantalith wrote:
- Does anyone else know anything else about this old writing system? Some thing other than what I can find on the internet.
Er... what can't you find on the internet?  | |
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Nantalith
Posts : 75
Join date : 2010-05-19
Location : Observatory
| | Subject: Re: Manyougana Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:17 am | |
| Oh, I know I don't need it, I'm interested in it - I'm a linguist. | |
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mikade
Posts : 114
Join date : 2010-05-03
| | Subject: Re: Manyougana Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:15 pm | |
| Aha. You should converse with Chanie. You can share linguist notes, lol.  Seriously tho, she did a course in different writing systems and whatnot. They did a module on chinese and japanese writing if I'm not mistaken. | |
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