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spelled as ん in
hiragana and ン in
katakana (romanized as syllable-final n)
sokuonbin (促音便) or Q-onbin,
currently spelled as っ in
hiragana and ッ in katakana...
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Changes to
Example i (い), chi (ち) or ri (り) っ (double consonant, sokuon,
sokuonbin) *kaite (＊買いて) →
katte (買って) *uchite (＊打ちて) → utte (打って) *shirite (＊知りて)...
- u-onbin (ウ音便); if /Q/ (促音, sokuon),
sokuonbin (促音便); and if /N/ (撥音, hatsuon),
hatsuonbin (撥音便). Historically,
sokuonbin was
triggered in verb conjugation...
