2020 wk.38: Iroha
I have started practicing Japanese again using Duolingo and some other resources. Reading about [katakana][] I discovered that there are two systems of ordering it: the modern [gojūon][] and the old-fashioned [iroha][].
The interesting bit is that Iroha is a poem famous for being a perfect [pangram][] and containts each letter of the Japanese syllabary.
It is still quite present in daily life to the point that イロハ is comparable to the English expression "the ABCs".
I could extend more, but it is better to visit the Wikipedia article about it.
[katakana]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana [gojūon]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon [iroha]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha [pangram]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram
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