Talk:Katakana/Archives/2016

Unicode named sequences

@Msikma: I'm not sure about the value of adding Unicode named sequences to the article but that aside, what's the rational for listing some but not others? Looking at Unicode's NamedSequences.txt file I see that four katakana sequences were omitted: KATAKANA LETTER AINU CE;30BB 309A, KATAKANA LETTER AINU TU;30C4 309A, KATAKANA LETTER AINU TO;30C8 309A, and KATAKANA LETTER AINU P;31F7 309A. Is there a reason? DRMcCreedy (talk) 04:16, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

You're right, we should include those too. I didn't include them because they're used only in Ainu, but they have as much relevance as the others. I included them for completeness' sake—because the article (and hiragana) isn't complete without this information. I actually had no idea until recently that these dakuten combinations were possible in Unicode, and I probably would have found out sooner if this table had been here. :) It's also worth noting that they're used primarily in linguistics, as noted in e.g. this article. --msikma; user, talk 18:33, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Why does the hirigana section show the katakan "n"?

I'm new to Japanese so my apologies for not understanding. In my hirigana tables, the 'n' character is ん. On this page under hirigana, the ん character is omitted. Instead, below the main table the katakana ン appears in a small one-item table of its own. This seems odd to me, but I don't have nearly enough understanding to just edit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paulc206 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 16 November 2016 (UTC)