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Chapter 2: Writing Systems and Scripts
Japanese transliteration—palatalized syllablesTable 2-6.
Kana Hepburn Kunrei Nippon
HYU HYU HYU
BYU BYU BYU
PYU PYU PYU
HYO HYO HYO
BYO BYO BYO
PYO PYO PYO
RYA RYA RYA
RYU RYU RYU
RYO RYO RYO
Table 2-7 lists what are considered to be long (or doubled) vowels. e rst ve rows are
hiragana, and the last ve are katakana. Note that only the long hiragana i—written
, and transliterated ii—is common to all three systems, and that the Kunrei and Nippon
systems are identical in this regard.
Japanese transliteration—long vowelsTable 2-7.
Kana Hepburn Kunrei Nippon
Ā Â Â
II II II
Ū Û Û
Ē Ê Ê
EI EI EI
Ō Ô Ô
Ā Â Â
Ī Î Î
Ū Û Û
Ē Ê Ê
Ō Ô Ô