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Japanese manual syllabary

Index Japanese manual syllabary

The is a system of manual kana used as part of Japanese Sign Language (JSL). [1]

12 relations: Alphabet, American Sign Language, Dakuten and handakuten, Diacritic, Fingerspelling, Gemination, Japanese Sign Language, Kana, Katakana, Sentō, Syllabary, Voice (phonetics).

Alphabet

An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that is used to write one or more languages based upon the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language.

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American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.

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Dakuten and handakuten

The, colloquially, is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced, for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing).

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Diacritic

A diacritic – also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or an accent – is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph.

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Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling (or dactylology) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands.

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Gemination

Gemination, or consonant elongation, is the pronouncing in phonetics of a spoken consonant for an audibly longer period of time than that of a short consonant.

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Japanese Sign Language

, also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan.

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Kana

are syllabic Japanese scripts, a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji (漢字).

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Katakana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

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Sentō

is a type of Japanese communal bath house where customers pay for entrance.

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Syllabary

A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) moras which make up words.

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Voice (phonetics)

Voice is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

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Japanese Sign Language syllabary, Japanese manual alphabet, Yubimoji.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_manual_syllabary

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