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Japanese and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Nihongo  

French Name
hindi  
japonais  

German Name
Hindi  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Japanese  

Language Position
5  
5
8  
8

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
hin  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
hins  
jpn  

Glottocode
hind1269  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Hindi and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hindi and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Japanese Speaking population

Hindi and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hindi and Japanese on Hindi vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Japanese Language Codes

Hindi and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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