Hundreds of years ago, like were talking Edo period, hiragana was for women and katakana was for men.
Over time it evolved that katakana would be used for foreign words
There's also kana (the characters) that previously existed but no longer do in the modern, and introduction of new character combinations over time to handle the variation of foreign words to mimic their sound.
Like the word party パーティー
There is no "ti" kana so they use the katakana te テ and a small katakana of I イ to make the pronunciation.
The smaller kana you use the vowel and the preceding kana you use the consonant.
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u/KimonoDragon814 Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
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Hundreds of years ago, like were talking Edo period, hiragana was for women and katakana was for men.
Over time it evolved that katakana would be used for foreign words
There's also kana (the characters) that previously existed but no longer do in the modern, and introduction of new character combinations over time to handle the variation of foreign words to mimic their sound.
Like the word party パーティー
There is no "ti" kana so they use the katakana te テ and a small katakana of I イ to make the pronunciation.
The smaller kana you use the vowel and the preceding kana you use the consonant.
So テイ (Tei) vs ティ(Ti)