Jatapu
Jatapu The Jatapu are one of the major Scheduled Tribes in the India state of Orissa, mainly in the Srikalulam and Vizianagaram districts, and also in the Koraput and Ganjam…
Jaquela
Jaquela The Jaquela alphabet was invented by Wei Quan Liang to write his invented language, also known as Jaquela. The alphabet is based partly on Chinese characters and partly…
Japanese
Japanese (Nihongo) Before the 4th century AD, the Japanese had no writing system of their own. During the 5th century they began to import and adapt the Chinese script, along…
Japanese Romaji
Japanese Rōmaji (Roman letters) The Latin alphabet was first used in Japan in the 16th century by Portuguese missionaries, who devised a romanisation system based on Portuguese spelling. Later the…
Japanese Katakana
Japanese Katakana Origin 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. At first…