Re: [Lingo] Development of Kana?

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

2009/12/17 Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>:
> Does anyone here has by any chance some idea where I can get reliable and citable information (so to speak: not the wikipedia) about the development of hiragana and katakana? I found a paper on Man'yogana but nothing really on the nowadays used scripture :(
> An electronic resource would be best :)

I *strongly* recommend Christopher Seeley's "History of Writing in Japan ".
(http://www.amazon.com/History-Writing-Japan-Christopher-Seeley/dp/082482217X)

Very readable and very authoritative.

No electronic version, unfortunately.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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