Tag: vowels and consonants

  • How modern is Indian alphabet?

    Because in Hiragana vowels are completely different characters than consonants and not symbols [vowels: い あ, consonants: し, じ] and consonant-vowel mixing [S+O, S+A] will create a new character [so, saそ さ]. Thats the idea of vowels and consonants. To keep them separate through an alphabet. This can be easily done to Hindi and any…

  • Comparing Hiragana and Indian alphabet !

    Indian Consonants have an internal vowel, a, not present in Hiragana [Japanese native alphabet]. This is also true in Katakana. [Japanese alphabet for imported phonetics or non native words] That means 39 base consonants (of India), will be all said in a different way, which could not be accommodated by Hiragana or Katakana. So, I…