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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Try reading Japanese without kanji and see how rough it get with all the homophones.

They have 3 alphabets and its called a "writing system" because of it.

[–] magusfungus@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are no alphabets in Japanese language.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, kind of exactly the nightmare of a "writing system". Its a dare to try to explain it in less than 10 words.

I'll take that dare:

5 character sets and four languages in a trenchcoat です。

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