From: | Adam Walker <carrajena@...> |
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Date: | Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 9:28 |
--- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:> > > or "Japan" [dZ@'p&n] out of "Nippon" > > Probably through some kind of Chinese, like > "ribenguo" or the like. > Chinese initial "r" is pretty close to /Z/. >The Taiwanese reading is Jitbun. Adam