Sunday, August 2, 2020

Syllables In English v. Japanese v. Hawaiian

Language log discusses syllables and related concepts in English, in Japanese, and in Hawaiian. My instincts were good, but not perfect.

It is also a good illustration of the fact that you really need to know the underlying language source of a word to convert it from a written word to a spoken one accurately, because Roman letters don't code the same sounds in every language in the same way.

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