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Special Kana in Man'yōgana?
Actually the Wikipedia article (at least the Japanese and English versions) does show voiceless and voiced consonants, though the distinction between them was not always clear-cut in the actual usage. ...
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Special Kana in Man'yōgana?
Note the following is based on web searches.
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Mostly different kanjis were used for those pairs. E.g. か:加、迦、訶、下、日、賀、河、鹿、甲、川、蚊、乎、家、香、華、可、夏、化 and が:賀、之、髪、何、加、鹿、迦、我
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