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	Katakana
		Katakana (片仮名, literal meaning: "fragmentary kana") is one of two syllabaries used in Japanese writing along with Hiragana.
		As with the English alphabet, the katakana are used for transliteration, a method to represent one language in the alphabet of another.
		Katakana was developed by students who used a part of man'yogana[?] characters as shorthand when writing down words whose proper Chinese characters were unknown.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Katakana.html (330 words)

	Katakana
		Hiragana and Katakana each consist of 46 signs which originally were kanji but were strongly simplified over the centuries.
		Katakana is mainly used for writing loan words and the names of persons and geographical places that can't be written in kanji.
		Kana Pict-O-Graphix: Mnemonics for Japanese Hiragana and Katakana
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2048.html (228 words)

	International JFL Cafe. Japanese language katakana.
		Katakana (片仮名, literally: "fragmentary kana") are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are hiragana, kanji and rōmaji).
		Katakana are also sometimes used to write the Ainu language; there, consonants without a following vowel are indicated by writing the symbol for consonant+u (in the case of sh, consonant+i) small.
		Katakana were developed by students who used parts of man'yōgana characters as shorthand when writing down words whose proper Chinese characters were unknown.
	internationaleflcafe.com /japanese-language-katakana.htm (248 words)

	Japanese katakana
		The katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century.
		Katakana are also used to write Ainu, a language spoken on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
		In each column the rōmaji appears on the left, the katakana symbols in the middle and the kanji from which the symbols were derived on the right.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/japanese_katakana.htm (283 words)

	japanese symbols - at kana chart (kanachart.com) with hiragana, katakana, and kanji
		all the japanese symbols are organized by alphabet (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and starting letter to make it easier to remember them.
		katakana japanese symbols are used for describing sound words (onomatopoeia), and foreign words (esp english) in japanese.
		Any foreign words the japanese don't have a native word for are written, as they sound, in katakana japanese symbols.
	www.kanachart.com /cgi-bin/index.pl?japanese_symbols (233 words)

	All About Katakana
		Katakana (literally "side script"), is the more angular of the phonetic syllabaries and was the first of the Kana syllabaries.
		Each Katakana symbol was derived from a Chinese character in the same way as each Hiragana symbol, except that the Hiragana were simplified from entire characters.
		Katakana were initially used only as a pronunciation aids in Buddhist scriptures, but were mixed with Chinese characters as they are now from the ninth century on.
	www.joyo96.org /Katakana.html (629 words)

	kana chart (kanachart.com) - with hiragana, katakana, and kanji japanese symbols or characters
		japanese symbols for beginners at kana chart (kanachart.com) with hiragana, katakana and kanji.
		hiragana and katakana alphabets are arranged by their starting letter; just click on the letter you want.
		this category is used in both hiragana and katakana sections.
	www.kanachart.com (176 words)

	Japanese kanji, hiragana, katakana, Japanese alphabets
		It is no coincidence that there are the same number of characters in both the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets as they both represent exactly the same sounds (some of them even look quite similar).
		Katakana is used to represent foreign words whereas Hiragana is used to represent native Japanese words.
		If you see a word written in Katakana you know that it is one which has been imported from a foreign language.
	www.futureimplications.com /kanji_katakana_hiragana/kanji.htm (321 words)

	Lesson 1 Reading Japanese
		They will be thoroughly familiar with all the kanji that have been introduced, through recurring contact in assorted contexts, and they will be ready to move ahead into materials that add to their kanji repertoire.
		Katakana is also used to represent native Japanese items that are intended to stand out in the context in which they occur.
		In spite of all the adjustments required, katakana representing loanwords based on English borrowings will, in most instances, be immediately identifiable to speakers of English as to its origin.
	www.joyo96.org /96K/Lesson_1.html (1747 words)

	Japanese Pronunciation Vs. Katakana Language
		Through the development of the Japanese language it became necessary to implement Hiragana which is used for words of Japanese origin and Katakana to help in the pronunciation of Kanji.
		There are a few other phonetic sounds that are not originally contained in the Japanese language, but through the further development of the Katakana writing system the Japanese people are able to pronounce the foreign sounds almost like a native speaker.
		Though Japanese children are taught the Roman alphabet at a fairly young age, their school teachers almost always teach them the alphabetâ€™s pronunciation utilizing Katakana because 1: it is easier to teach the children that way and 2: the Japanese teachers are not able to make the correct distinction and pronunciation themselves.
	www.translatorsbase.com /articles/476.aspx (544 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Katakana is a phonetically based alphabet which, like its counterpart, hiragana was derived from abbreviated forms of Chinese Characters (kanji).
		It is believed that the eighth century Japanese scholar, Kibi-no-Makibi developed katakana and the fact that he had studied Sanskrit is evident in the style of the letters.
		Before the Second World War, katakana was more widely used than hiragana, however since the war, katakana has become the typical way to write western words (gairai-go) or foreign names.
	www.japancorner.com /katakana.asp (470 words)

	Katakana 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In katakana most of the time the only one of the three are frequently used.
		The second set is hardly used in katakana because the pronounciation is identical to ja ju jo.
		On Monday, the correct number of the katakana characters for this final week on each Web site and also the words you should be able to recognize will be posted.
	www.charm.net /~tomokoy/katakana13.html (521 words)

	Japanese Writing
		As of now, it does not deal with transliteration, dipthongs, why the characters are organized the way they are, or any other writing conventions; it is only meant to help learn individual characters.
		Katakana is a very angular script, and for me was the easiest to learn.
		I found hiragana more difficult to master than katakana because a) the characters are sometimes very close in appearance to one another, and more importantly b) the loops and curves are difficult to write correctly and smoothly without a confident hand.
	members.aol.com /writejapan (958 words)

	Katakana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Katakana consists of 46 basic, yet distinctive symbols that represent the various basic sounds used in spoken Japanese.
		Katakana is mainly used when writing words that are not of Japanese origin.
		As they are generally rendered in Katakana, it is quite logical for English speaking people to begin their study of written Japanese with the Katakana script.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/s01grp2/katakana.html (208 words)

	Grammar: Learn Katakana
		Katakana is very similar to Hiragana; you should be able to pick it up without too much trouble.
		Well, in real written Japanese, Katakana is used very sparcely unless the subject has a lot of foreign words or names.
		Katakana is known as the more 'masculine' of the Japanese writing systems.
	www.thejapanesepage.com /katakana.htm (468 words)

	Carson-sensei's Japanese Website-Writing Systems-Katakana
		At first there were many different symbols to represent one syllable of spoken Japanese, but over the years the system was streamlined.
		The katakana syllabary consists of 48 syllables and was originally considered "men's writing".
		The katakana for with the initial "v" are recent creations.
	www.jsd.k12.ak.us /~carsonc/katakana.html (234 words)

	J-List side blog: Japanese language overview: Katakana (the boxy kind)
		Today, katakana is used for foreign loan words (like manager, computer, and microprocessor), foreign names (Clinton, Babe Ruth), and occasionally, for funky attention-getting, ala italics in English.
		Katakana came into being after the creation of hiragana, the "woman's script": up until World War II, it was generally viewed as the "man's syllaberry" and was used by men, where women were supposed to use the "feminine" hiragana.
		Katakana is set up the same as hiragana, with the same features: adding two little quote-marks or a circle to some of the lines changes the pronunciation (HA into BA, and so on), and there are "pairs" of kana that allow you to express words like JA, JU, JO, KYA, KYU, KYO, and so on.
	www.peterpayne.net /2003/03/japanese-language-overview-katakana.html (611 words)

	ChipChat Japanese Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Katakana are used by Japanese to spell out foreign words and phrases as well as the names of people and the sounds that animals make (meow, oink, moo, woof, etc).
		Japanese also use Katakana to write the names of Japanese people if they are unsure of the proper Kanji for that name.
		Katakana script is angular with many sharp corners - simlar to block printing.
	www.chipchat.com /NihonGo (397 words)

	Nihongo o Narau - Learn Japanese
		Most of the same sounds are used in katakana as in hiragana.
		If your name is not Japanese, this is the set of syllables that would be used to spell it.
		Katakana has a sharper look than hiragana and so is often used for emphasis, especially in subtitles for TV programs.
	www.learn-japanese.info /indexw.html (254 words)

	Japanese Writing
		Like hiragana, katakana is a syllabic alphabet derived from Chinese characters.
		Hiragana, however, was produced by drawing Chinese characters in quick, cursive, fluid strokes—they are curvy and simple renditions of the Chinese characters from which they were derived.
		Katakana, however, takes Chinese characters and draws only one part of the character, a kind of shorthand.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/WRITING.HTM (938 words)

	Japanese Syllabaries, Outreach World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Japanese language is written using a combination of two syllabaries, Hiragana and Katakana, and Chinese characters, Kanji.
		Katakana is used for foreign loan words, foreign names and for emphasis.
		This unit is meant to be used in tandem with the Japanese Language unit which includes a more extensive explanation of the Japanese syllabaries.
	www.outreachworld.org /resource.asp?Curriculumid=91 (162 words)

	Japanese - hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji
		Over time a writing system emerged in which Chinese characters were used to write either words borrowed from Chinese or Japanese words with the same or similar meanings.
		Chinese characters were also used for their phonetic values to write grammatical elements and these characters were simplified and eventually became two syllabic scripts, hiragana and katakana.
		Modern Japanese is written with a mixture of hiragana and katakana, plus kanji.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/japanese.htm (333 words)

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