From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2007-03-10T12:29:18+09:00
Subject: Re: the name of Matz

Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Finally, it is said that the order of vowels in the Japanese alphabet 
> system is derived from that of Sanskrit.

Correction: the ordering of vowels is derived from the ancient Brahmi 
script[2]. Interestingly, it seems there are also parallels in the 
ordering of consonants (ka ... ta ... ya ra ... va).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nihongo_ichiran_01.png

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brahmi_Script.gif

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