I found my first real case of minim confusion, which I previously said was theoretically possible in Manchu because medial “a”
, pre-consonantal “n”, and one form of “k”
are all made up of identical strokes.
By my “first real case”, I mean two words that are attested in dictionaries, having the same written form but different pronunciation, i.e. they are homographs.
First of all, the theory behind it. Initial “a” looks like 
. Initial “e” looks like 
. Medial “n” when followed by a consonant looks like , so when you have a word that starts with “en” followed by a consonant, the “en” looks like , the same as initial “a” . Continue reading Minim confusion