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[[Image:Map of Gloucester County highlighting Glassboro.png|right|thumb|250px|Glassboro highlighted in Gloucester County. Inset map: Gloucester County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.]]
'''Katakana''' (片仮名, literally: "fragmentary [[kana]]") are a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[syllabary]], one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are [[hiragana]], [[kanji]] and [[romaji|rōmaji]]).
'''Glassboro''' is a borough located in [[Gloucester County, New Jersey]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the borough had a total population of 19,068.
During the [[Cold War]], U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] met with Soviet Premier [[Aleksei Kosygin]] from [[June 23]] to [[June 25]], [[1967]] in Glassboro for a three-day summit conference. They met at Glassboro State College, later renamed [[Rowan University]]. The ___location was chosen as a compromise. Kosygin, having agreed to address the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City]], wanted to meet in New York City. Johnson, wary of encountering protests against the [[Vietnam War]], preferred to meet in [[Washington, D.C.]] They agreed on Glassboro because it was equidistant between the two cities. The generally amicable atmosphere of the summit was referred to as the "Spirit of Glassboro," although the leaders failed to reach agreement on limiting [[anti-ballistic missile]] systems.
Katakana are characterized by squarish lines and are the simplest of the [[Japan]]ese scripts.
gasadadawu::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: es la sustancia armonica del sonido
Katakana are used for:
*[[emphasis (typography)|Emphasis]], like ''italics'' in English.
*[[Onomatopoeia]], for example ''hii'' ヒー means "sigh".
*Names of animal and plant [[species]].
*[[Transliteration]] of words from foreign languages, for example "television" is written ''terebi'' テレビ.
[[Betty Castor]] was born and grew up in Glassboro.
If you have a font including Japanese characters, you can view the following charts of katakana together with their [[Hepburn]] romanization. The first chart sets out the standard katakana:
<blockquote>
<table cellspacing="0" border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>ア ''a''</td>
<td>イ ''i''</td>
<td>ウ ''u''</td>
<td>エ ''e''</td>
<td>オ ''o''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>カ ''ka''</td>
<td>キ ''ki''</td>
<td>ク ''ku''</td>
<td>ケ ''ke''</td>
<td>コ ''ko''</td>
<td>キャ ''kya''</td>
<td>キュ ''kyu''</td>
<td>キョ ''kyo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>サ ''sa''</td>
<td>シ ''shi''</td>
<td>ス ''su''</td>
<td>セ ''se''</td>
<td>ソ ''so''</td>
<td>シャ ''sha''</td>
<td>シュ ''shu''</td>
<td>ショ ''sho''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>タ ''ta''</td>
<td>チ ''chi''</td>
<td>ツ ''tsu''</td>
<td>テ ''te''</td>
<td>ト ''to''</td>
<td>チャ ''cha''</td>
<td>チュ ''chu''</td>
<td>チョ ''cho''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ナ ''na''</td>
<td>ニ ''ni''</td>
<td>ヌ ''nu''</td>
<td>ネ ''ne''</td>
<td>ノ ''no''</td>
<td>ニャ ''nya''</td>
<td>ニュ ''nyu''</td>
<td>ニョ ''nyo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ハ ''ha''</td>
<td>ヒ ''hi''</td>
<td>フ ''fu''</td>
<td>ヘ ''he''</td>
<td>ホ ''ho''</td>
<td>ヒャ ''hya''</td>
<td>ヒュ ''hyu''</td>
<td>ヒョ ''hyo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>マ ''ma''</td>
<td>ミ ''mi''</td>
<td>ム ''mu''</td>
<td>メ ''me''</td>
<td>モ ''mo''</td>
<td>ミャ ''mya''</td>
<td>ミュ ''myu''</td>
<td>ミョ ''myo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ヤ ''ya''</td>
<td></td>
<td>ユ ''yu''</td>
<td></td>
<td>ヨ ''yo''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ラ ''ra''</td>
<td>リ ''ri''</td>
<td>ル ''ru''</td>
<td>レ ''re''</td>
<td>ロ ''ro''</td>
<td>リャ ''rya''</td>
<td>リュ ''ryu''</td>
<td>リョ ''ryo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ワ ''wa''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>ヲ ''wo''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>ン ''n''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="8"></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ガ ''ga''</td>
<td>ギ ''gi''</td>
<td>グ ''gu''</td>
<td>ゲ ''ge''</td>
<td>ゴ ''go''</td>
<td>ギャ ''gya''</td>
<td>ギュ ''gyu''</td>
<td>ギョ ''gyo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ザ ''za''</td>
<td>ジ ''ji''</td>
<td>ズ ''zu''</td>
<td>ゼ ''ze''</td>
<td>ゾ ''zo''</td>
<td>ジャ ''ja''</td>
<td>ジュ ''ju''</td>
<td>ジョ ''jo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ダ ''da''</td>
<td>ヂ ''ji''</td>
<td>ヅ ''zu''</td>
<td>デ ''de''</td>
<td>ド ''do''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>バ ''ba''</td>
<td>ビ ''bi''</td>
<td>ブ ''bu''</td>
<td>ベ ''be''</td>
<td>ボ ''bo''</td>
<td>ビャ ''bya''</td>
<td>ビュ ''byu''</td>
<td>ビョ ''byo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>パ ''pa''</td>
<td>ピ ''pi''</td>
<td>プ ''pu''</td>
<td>ペ ''pe''</td>
<td>ポ ''po''</td>
<td>ピャ ''pya''</td>
<td>ピュ ''pyu''</td>
<td>ピョ ''pyo''</td>
</tr>
</table>
</blockquote>
== Geography ==
The second chart sets out modern additions to the katakana. These are used mainly to represent the sounds in [[words]] in other languages.
Glassboro is located at 39°42'21" North, 75°6'60" West (39.705914, -75.116651)[[Geographic references|<sup>1</sup>]].
<blockquote>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>イェ ''ye''</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>ウィ ''wi''</td>
<td></td>
<td>ウェ ''we''</td>
<td>ウォ ''wo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ヴァ ''va''</td>
<td>ヴィ ''vi''</td>
<td>ヴ ''vu''</td>
<td>ヴェ ''ve''</td>
<td>ヴォ ''vo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>シェ ''she''</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>ジェ ''je''</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>チェ ''che''</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>ティ ''ti''</td>
<td>トゥ ''tu''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>ディ ''di''</td>
<td>ドゥ ''du''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ツァ ''tsa''</td>
<td>ツィ ''tsi''</td>
<td></td>
<td>ツェ ''tse''</td>
<td>ツォ ''tso''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ファ ''fa''</td>
<td>フィ ''fi''</td>
<td></td>
<td>フェ ''fe''</td>
<td>フォ ''fo''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>フュ ''fyu''</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</blockquote>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 23.9 [[square kilometer|km²]] (9.2 [[square mile|mi²]]). 23.9 km² (9.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.11% is water.
Katakana are also sometimes used to write the [[Ainu language]]; there, consonants without a following vowel are indicated by writing the symbol for consonant+u (in the case of sh, consonant+i) small. Thus, for instance, a small プ represents ''p''.
Glassboro borders [[Elk Township, New Jersey|Elk Township]], [[Clayton, New Jersey|Clayton]], [[Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey|Washington Township]], [[Pitman, New Jersey|Pitman]], [[Mantua Township, New Jersey|Mantua Township]], and [[Harrison Township, New Jersey|Harrison Township]].
==History==
Katakana were developed by students who used parts of ''man'yōgana'' characters as shorthand when writing down words whose proper Chinese characters were unknown. For example, ''ka'' カ comes from the left side of ''ka'' 加 "increase".
== Demographics ==
==Katakana in Unicode==
As of the [[census]] of [[2000]], there are 19,068 people, 6,225 households, and 4,046 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] is 799.4/km² (2,071.3/mi²). There are 6,555 housing units at an average density of 274.8/km² (712.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 74.53% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19.47% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.17% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.48% from other races, and 1.95% from two or more races. 3.82% of the population are [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.
In [[Unicode]], Katakana occupy code points U+30A0 to U+30FF [http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U30A0.pdf]:
There are 6,225 households out of which 32.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% are married couples living together, 14.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% are non-families. 23.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.66 and the average family size is 3.17.
{|
|- align="center"
| || ||0||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||A||B||C||D||E||F
|- align="center"
||30A|| ||゠||ァ||ア||ィ||イ||ゥ||ウ||ェ||エ||ォ||オ||カ||ガ||キ||ギ||ク
|- align="center"
||30B|| ||グ||ケ||ゲ||コ||ゴ||サ||ザ||シ||ジ||ス||ズ||セ||ゼ||ソ||ゾ||タ
|- align="center"
||30C|| ||ダ||チ||ヂ||ッ||ツ||ヅ||テ||デ||ト||ド||ナ||ニ||ヌ||ネ||ノ||ハ
|- align="center"
||30D|| ||バ||パ||ヒ||ビ||ピ||フ||ブ||プ||ヘ||ベ||ペ||ホ||ボ||ポ||マ||ミ
|- align="center"
||30E|| ||ム||メ||モ||ャ||ヤ||ュ||ユ||ョ||ヨ||ラ||リ||ル||レ||ロ||ヮ||ワ
|- align="center"
||30F|| ||ヰ||ヱ||ヲ||ン||ヴ||ヵ||ヶ||ヷ||ヸ||ヹ||ヺ||・||ー||ヽ||ヾ||ヿ
|}
In the borough the population is spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 25.6% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 27 years. For every 100 females there are 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.3 males.
==See also==
*[[Hiragana]] for an explanation of the writing system.
*[[Japanese language]] for pronunciation.
*[[Romaji|Rōmaji]] for a comparison of [[romanization]] systems.
*[[Wikipedia:Technical assistance for katakana]]
The median income for a household in the borough is $44,992, and the median income for a family is $55,246. Males have a median income of $40,139 versus $30,358 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $18,113. 15.2% of the population and 8.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.6% are under the age of 18 and 7.9% are 65 or older.
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