Phonetics of Japanese Language

<p>This book gives true characters of Japanese speech sounds in reference to European speech sounds. When it was first published in 1931 it was the first book of its kind. There are only 5 Japanese vowel elements as opposed to 18 in English 13 in French and 8 in German. There are 15 Japanese consonants 26 in English 22 in French & 23 in German. Because of the lesser number of elements it follows that the wider range in vowels and consonants is heard by Japanese ears so this volume gives average sounds uttered by Japanese in the twentieth century in relation to the English sounds. </p>