\part{Kana}

Japanese has 3 scripts, 2 syballic scripts (the kana)  and one logographic script (kanji).


\begin{itemize}
\item Hiragana
\item Katakana
\end{itemize}


Hiragana and Katakana are almost functionally equivalent, hence we will cover them simultaneously.


Katakana is generally preferred for

Loan words
Foreign names
Some onomatopoeia words
Scientific terms

Hiragana is used for everything else, except if a kanji form is generally known it will probably (unless the text is aimed at children)



are phonetic syballic scripts


Japanese has pitch, however none of its scripts provide information on Japanese pitch.

\chapter{Hiragana and Katakana}
Hiragana
	A	I	U	E	O	∅
∅	あ	い	う	え	お
K	か	き	く	け	こ
S	さ	し	す	せ	そ
T	た	ち	つ	て	と
N	な	に	ぬ	ね	の	ん
H	は	ひ	ふ	へ	ほ
M	ま	み	む	め	も
Y	や	　	ゆ		よ
R	ら	り	る	れ	ろ
W	わ	ゐ	　	ゑ	を

G	が	ぎ	ぐ	げ	ご
Z	ざ	じ	ず	ぜ	ぞ
D	だ	ぢ	づ	で	ど
B	ば	び	ぶ	べ	ぼ
P	ぱ	ぴ	ぷ	ぺ	ぽ

Katakana
	A	I	U	E	O	∅
∅	ア	イ	ウ	エ	オ	ン
K	カ	キ	ク	ケ	コ
S	サ	シ	ス	セ	ソ
T	タ	チ	ツ	テ	ト
N	ナ	ニ	ヌ	ネ	ノ
H	ハ	ヒ	フ	ヘ	ホ
M	マ	ミ	ム	メ	モ
Y	ヤ	 	ユ	 	ヨ
R	ラ	リ	ル	レ	ロ
W	ワ	ヰ	 	ヱ	ｦ

G	ガ	ギ	グ	ゲ	ゴ
Z	ザ	ジ	ズ	ゼ	ゾ
D	ダ	ヂ	ヅ	デ	ド
B	バ	ビ	ブ	ベ	ボ
P	パ	ピ	プ	ペ	ポ

NOTES:
- To read the chart, place the consonant on the left with the vowel on the right (for instance　せ becomes SE)
- ∅ references no consonant (or vowel for ん(ン))situations
- Hiragana is generally used for Japanese origin words while Katakana is generally used for foreign origin 
words.
- ゐ(ヰ) and ゑ(ヱ) are obsolete
- し(シ) is pronounced SHI
- ち(チ) is pronounced CHI
- じ(ジ) is pronounced JI
- つ(ツ) is pronounced TSU
- づ(ヅ) is pronounced DZU

\chapter{Diacritics}
\section{Dakuten}
\section{Handakuten}

\chapter{Sokuon}
\chapter{Yoon}
\chapter{Vowel lengthener}