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Do languages that use non-Latin alphabets (Asian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew) have upper and lower case letters? What about serif or sans-serif? How do they show emphasis? (aussie.zone)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I did deploy a lot, but I recall one of my first cultural lessons and they only mentioned the three.🤷🏾

I really appreciate you taking the time to share some of your knowledge.

Thank you!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Hiragana isn't very useful if you're not studying the language. The only thing a tourist or the like would need it for is the names of some food on menus like soba or something like that. It's much more important to know some basic kanji (like the difference between man and woman when you're using the bathroom in a restaurant) and then katakana because that's how they transliterate the foreign words.

    However, if you do study Japanese you'd see hiragana on day one--it's a crucial part of the language.

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