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Why は is pronounced as 'wa' when it is used as connecting word (lemmy.world)
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わなしは　にほんじんです Here は is read as wa instead of its usual ha Can somebody explain this?

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[–] SOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Other East Asian languages sometimes simplify pronunciation in these exact situations to avoid awkward glottal stops and make it easier to say/flow better.

While Japanese isn’t my specialty (I know what comm I’m in hahah), I would assume similar.