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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Japan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Japan
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Palau
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Korean Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
99
Rank: 40 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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14
Rank: 4 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Kana
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
About Chinese L..
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Sanuki
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kagawa
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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1,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hakata
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Fukuoka
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Kansai
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
kansai
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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31
Rank: 25 (Overall)
10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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128.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.90 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
128.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
About English L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
日本語
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
japonais
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Japanisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
1185
1250 BC
6.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 8 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ja
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
jpn
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
jpn
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
jpn
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1643
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Japanese and Chinese Alphabets

Japanese and Chinese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Chinese. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Japanese and Chinese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Chinese languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Chinese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Chinese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Japanese and Chinese 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 Japanese and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Japanese and Chinese Speaking population

Japanese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Japanese and Chinese on Japanese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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