Някои наблюдения върху вокалната и консонантната система на съвременния български и японски език

The article considers some of the major correspondences in the phonological systems of Mod46 ern Bulgarian and Japanese. Special attention has been given to the common descriptive framework as a prerequisite for a reliable contrastive analysis. The traditional definition in Japanese linguistics of the syllable as an unanalysable unit is also discussed.