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So la, le, lo, etc.. does not exist in Hiragana/Katakana?

blueluis

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Newbie here, I've noticed you dont say la, le, or anything with L on japanese pronunciation? It's true?
Is there a 'Lu' Hiragana/Katakana?
 
Some Japanese don't do well with the "L" sound. My Japanese girlfriend always used to say "I rub you" To which I would reply "Yeh , the wrong way". I was also called Flank instead of Frank most of the time.
 
I mention this just as a curiosity, but according to Hepburn romanization - Wikipedia , the following katakana were proposed, presumably for transliterating foreign words:

ラ゜la
リ゜ li
ル゜ lu
レ゜ le
ロ゜ lo

I have never seen these used, nor, I think, even mentioned anywhere else.
 
I mention this just as a curiosity, but according to Hepburn romanization - Wikipedia , the following katakana were proposed, presumably for transliterating foreign words:

ラ゜la
リ゜ li
ル゜ lu
レ゜ le
ロ゜ lo

I have never seen these used, nor, I think, even mentioned anywhere else.

That's what I thought existed! but it's not used and I've never seen it before in written japanese, thanks for that though
 
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