[EVA] Re: another japanese question

[Patrick Yip]

     PY @ TOKYO


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     The sound of B is bilabial and V is labiodental. When transcribing 
     foreign words to katakana in the past, the subtle nuance between these 
     sounds could not be reflected by the more simplified Japanese sound 
     system so B and V were reduced to B (ba, bi, bu, be, bo). 
     
     ## I read that B and V are also indistinguishable in Spanish. Is it
     ## true?
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