THE ORDER OF THE COLUMNS IN THE JAPANESE KANA SYLLABARY

• Authors: Rumánek Ivan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Japanese kana script is derived in its form from Chinese characters. But the order of the kana letters is based on that used generally in scripts of India. The study centres on the historical background of this order and searches for historical values of the old Japanese sounds as reflected in this order.

Keywords

EN

INDIAN SYSTEM OF WRITING; JAPANESE HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY; SYLLABIC WRITING

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32 - 39
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rumánek Ivan

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• I. Rumanek, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA01282901