Are there written systems (preferably international & standardized) that you can use to depict how to pronounce any word from Japanese and any language. Something similar to Romaji but one that can be used for any language?
Can't remember well but back in a linguistics class, I thought they showed me some kind of international alphabet (which just looked like modified Roman alphabets with weird tildes, lines, and such) that you can use to break down and identify any particular sound and pronunciation for any particular language. They may have called it a phonetic alphabet or something.
##Example## So, what I mean is if I want to show a Japanese person how to properly pronounce "加油", I can turn to this international written system. The Japanese person, in turn, can use the same phonetic notation to show how to pronounce "Ganbatte".
##What I want##
- Does such a phonetic notation exist?
- If so, can you provide a list mapping ALL the hiragana/katakana character syllabic sounds these characters make using that phonetic system? (a, ka, ke, me, mo, te, etc)
あ,い,う,え,お,か,き,く,け,こ,さ,し,す,せ,そ,た,ち,つ,て,と,な,に,ぬ,ね,の,は,ひ,ふ,へ,ほ,ま,み,む,め,も,や,ゆ,よ,ら,り,る,れ,ろ,わ,ゐ,ゑ,を
Think on Wikipedia calls them the Hiragana base characters.
No Kanji though.
I hope that makes sense.