How to write Latisha in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Latisha becomes ラティーシャ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ラ | ra | |
| ティ | ti | two characters read as one sound |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| シャ | sha | two characters read as one sound |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ラティーシャ・スミス for Latisha Smith.