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Japan’s three written scripts.

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00:00 So many scripts
06:51 Sound writing

📜 SOURCES
🔸 Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010). A History of the Japanese Language.
🔸 Bentley, John R. (2001). The Origin of Man'yōgana.
🔸 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system
🔸 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanbun
🔸 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana
🔸 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana

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