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by Nadya
3509 days ago
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I'm going to be a sour horse, and I apologize, because it looks like much effort went into this project. Is this meant as a romanization method, such as ローマ字ーー＞ 'romaji/roumaji' or as a way to have "more correct" pronunciation for learners? I hold a firm belief that romanization is terrible for learning a language. It is counter productive (less inclination to learn the proper writing system(s)), leads to incorrect pronunciations more often than not, and there are always competing standards - so two people may learn two different ways to romanize a word, which can be a problem for homophones. To at least try and give some constructive feedback, use of IPA [0] would be beneficial for reinforcing pronunciations. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabe... |
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Thanks for your feedback.
I am not really familiar with romanization schemes of the Japanese language. So, I can't really comment on the specific point you raised but I'm familiar with other schemes of Arabic and most are lacking or cumbersome to use esp. for beginners.
The raison d'etre for my project is bridging the gap that Arabic learners esp. beginners face when they explore the language and how's mastering Arabic script whether in reading or writing is asking too much from them at that stage and how's that affects their learning journey very negatively.
This learning curve is just too steep for them and I really wanted to help them to make the first steps to learn the language without the unneeded complexity and like I said on the introduction part, Arabic script is not going anywhere and they have to get acquainted with it very closely if they are serious about learning the language but too early in my opinion could be counter-productive for them.
Eskéndereyya is not a substitute or competitor for IPA or any other fully-featured pronunciation or romanization system. Like I said in the "Design Philosophy", it has "just enough" academic rigor to get the job done. For people who want more academic rigor and comprehensiveness, they're advised to check other systems for review.