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Yotsugana (四つ仮名,
literally "four kana") are a set of four
specific kana, じ, ぢ, ず, づ (in the Nihon-shiki
romanization system: zi, di, zu, du), used in...
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pronounced the same as the
dakuten forms of the su kana in most
dialects (see
yotsugana), are uncommon. They are
primarily used for
indicating a
voiced consonant...
- ⟨z⟩
stands for a
phoneme whose allophones include [z] and [dz] (see
Yotsugana). Additionally, in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki systems, ⟨z⟩ is used...
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Chart of
yotsugana pronunciation. The
green zone
including most of Tōhoku
region means that the four
yotsugana sounds have
completely merged, as zi =...
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these kana in
contrast to the
identically pronounced じ and ず (see
yotsugana). This is not a
strict rule, however, and is
relaxed in
certain older...
- September, 2021 with the
release of
version 14.0:
Furigana Okurigana Yotsugana Gojūon
Hentaigana Historical kana
orthography Man'yōgana Romanization...
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differing from the
usual Kyushu dialects with its
pronunciations of the
yotsugana. For the most part, Satsugū
dialect is
mutually unintelligible with Standard...
- by the
propagation of
innovative forms. ****an
portal Languages portal Yotsugana, the
different distinctions of
historical *zi, *di, *zu, *du in different...
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underlying ち or つ. That is from the
rendaku sound change combined with the
yotsugana merger of
formally different morae. The
Russian orthography is also mostly...
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speaking casually or more formally.
There is some
debate over
whether the
yotsugana (四つ仮名) are
distinguished in the
Kishu dialect. Some have
indicated that...
