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A261126 Number of mora in Japanese name of n in 'On' reading. In case there are several spellings, use the shorter one.

%I A261126 #28 Jul 01 2016 08:20:27
%S A261126 2,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,3,2,3,2,2,3,3,3,3,2,4,3,4,3,3,4,4,4,4,3,5,4,5,
%T A261126 4,4,5,5,5,5,2,4,3,4,3,3,4,4,4
%N A261126 Number of mora in Japanese name of n in 'On' reading. In case there are several spellings, use the shorter one.
%C A261126 Names of numbers are rei, ichi, ni/ji, san, shi/yon, go, roku, ....
%C A261126 Comment from Michio Ozeki, Aug 01 2016, in an email to _N. J. A. Sloane_, Jul 01 2016 (There was a mistake in A274177, but it is better to place the explanation here.) (Start):
%C A261126 The number 121 is pronounced hya-ku-ni-juu-i-chi, not hi-ya-ku-ni-ju-i-chi.
%C A261126 Hya is similar to ca in "can" or ca in "cat". It is a kind of a complex vowel.
%C A261126 There is a clear distinction between ju and juu.
%C A261126 The pronunciation of ju is quite similar to ge in the French name Lagrange.
%C A261126 The pronunciation of juu is similar to ew in "few" or jewel.
%C A261126 I give you another instance of the pronunciation of "hundred".
%C A261126 381 is pronounced sa-n-bya-ku-ha-chi-juu-i-chi.
%C A261126 877 is pronounced ha-ppya-ku-na-na-juu-na-na.
%C A261126 So there are 6 mora in 121, not 7. (End)
%H A261126 B. Bullock, <a href="http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/mora.html">What is the difference between a mora and a syllable?</a>
%H A261126 B. Bullock, <a href="http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/1-100.html">What are the Japanese numbers from 1 to 100?</a>
%H A261126 Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numerals">Japanese numerals</a>
%H A261126 Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_(Japanese_prosody)">On (Japanese prosody)</a>
%e A261126 4 can be 'yon' or 'shi'. 'yon' has 2 mora, while 'shi' has 1, so a(4) = 1.
%Y A261126 Cf. A030166, A051705, A057888.
%K A261126 nonn,word,more
%O A261126 0,1
%A A261126 _Felix Fröhlich_, Aug 19 2015