Can Japanese be written in Latin alphabet?

Yes. It is called “Romaji” but as the others have pointed out the large number of homophones in the Japanese language makes it difficult to understand.

Do Koreans use Latin alphabet?

Korea’s alphabetic script, called Hangul, has historically been used in conjunction with Hanja (Chinese characters), though such practice has become infrequent. Romaja literally means Roman letters in Korean, and refers to the Latin script….Romanization of Korean.

Romanization
Hangul	로마자
Revised Romanization	Romaja
McCune–Reischauer	Romacha

Do Japanese people know the Roman alphabet?

And that’s where the trouble starts. Because although virtually every literate person in Japan — and that’s more or less the whole population minus babies and toddlers — nowadays knows their ABCs quite well, there is some confusion when it comes to the details of how to pronounce them.

Is Latin alphabet superior?

But it’s far superior to the Latin alphabet, and, crucially, better suited to the Russian language than the Latin alphabet is to any language other than Italian (not for historical reasons, BTW. Italian spelling was reformed intentionally to solve some of the problems with the Latin alphabet).

Do Koreans learn the Roman alphabet?

Never. Hangul is easier than the Latin alphabet and it was designed suitably to Korean language.

Do Japanese learn romaji?

Romaji, Romanji or ローマ字 (rōmaji), is the romanization of the Japanese written language. In fact, Japanese children learn romaji in elementary school. That said, romaji is only a representation of written Japanese, and therefore should not be used as a primary reading method when learning the language.

What letters are missing from Japanese?

Notice that several English sounds are missing from the Japanese language entirely: “c,” “f,” “l,” “q,” “v,” and “x.” When Japanese want to represent these sounds, they have to use Japanese syllables that sound almost the same.

Why is the Chinese language not part of the Latin alphabet?

Arun Aditya Sahay is right, they will lose chinese cuture. There are other reasons, infact the phonetic system of chinese language doesn’t suit latin alphabet. chinese phonetics is based on tones and is full of omophones.

Should Han Hanzi characters be replaced by Latin alphabet?

Hanzi is not only heritage but a base of history, poetry, art and all the culture. Therefore, I strongly feel that replacement of Chinese characters by latin alphabet will neither be accepted by chinese society nor will it allow the culture to be unaffected.

Do most Chinese people know Latin characters?

A Chinese person told me that, as Chinese characters are difficult to learn, kids at school apprentice first with pinyin (latin characters with diacritics for tones) and gradually introduce Chinese characters. So all Chinese under 50 learned have used latin characters at school. So majority of Chinese people know latin characters and pinyin.

What is the purpose of the Chinese phonetic alphabet?

Most broadly, it is used to provide a useful way for foreigners who are not skilled at recognizing Chinese script to read and recognize Chinese. It can also be helpful for clarifying pronunciation among Chinese speakers who speak mutually unintelligible Chinese varieties.