Similarly, Korean transliterations of L and R use the same jamo, ᄅ. In actual use the character is pronounced like either English letter depending on where in the word it is.
That’s Japanese though, this is talking about Chinese. There are a lot of languages and dialects lumped under “Chinese” though. Iirc Mandarin has both an R and an L sound, however I think Cantonese doesn’t have an “R” (can’t remember, I studied some Mandarin when I was a teenager and I think I remember being told that Cantonese didn’t have an “R”, but it’s been a long time). Not sure about any other languages/dialects.
From my understanding the Japanese have a sound between R and L, but neither one on their own
Similarly, Korean transliterations of L and R use the same jamo, ᄅ. In actual use the character is pronounced like either English letter depending on where in the word it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieul_(hangul)
That’s Japanese though, this is talking about Chinese. There are a lot of languages and dialects lumped under “Chinese” though. Iirc Mandarin has both an R and an L sound, however I think Cantonese doesn’t have an “R” (can’t remember, I studied some Mandarin when I was a teenager and I think I remember being told that Cantonese didn’t have an “R”, but it’s been a long time). Not sure about any other languages/dialects.