It is not the first time I visited a country that spoke another language, but it was the first time I went somewhere that didn’t use the same alphabet I’m used to.
I must say, suddenly beign functionally analphabet is a very strange feeling!
I’m from Bulgaria, but left as a child, when I came back I couldn’t speak the language, only understand a little bit. The crylic alphabet everywhere was really strange for me too. Ultimately, my step mom would walk the city with me and teach me the letters as we saw them on car licence plates. It was like a whole new world opened up when I could read them.
I visited Japan for the first time recently.
It is not the first time I visited a country that spoke another language, but it was the first time I went somewhere that didn’t use the same alphabet I’m used to.
I must say, suddenly beign functionally analphabet is a very strange feeling!
I’m from Bulgaria, but left as a child, when I came back I couldn’t speak the language, only understand a little bit. The crylic alphabet everywhere was really strange for me too. Ultimately, my step mom would walk the city with me and teach me the letters as we saw them on car licence plates. It was like a whole new world opened up when I could read them.
Fun fact, Japanese doesn’t use any alphabet at all!
Hiragana is a kind of alphabet imo. It maps a single character to a single sound.
Inb4 we argue about what counts as a “single sound”.
Syllabaries ftw