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Japan
1
Japan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Asia, Pacific
Palau
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  • 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.
Korean Language
-
 
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
99
5
14
Kana
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
5
88 weeks
 
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
おはよう (Ohayō)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
すみません (Sumimasen)
 
Sanuki
Kagawa
1,000,000.00
Hakata
Fukuoka
127,000,000.00
Kansai
kansai
127,000,000.00
31
 
128.00 million
1.90 %
128.00 million
3.00 million
日本語
Nihongo
japonais
Japanisch
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Japanese (Yamato)
 
1185
Japonic Family
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-
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Japanese
8
Signed Japanese
Individual
 
ja
jpn
jpn
jpn
jpn
nucl1643
45-CAA-a
Living
Subject-Object-Verb
Agglutinative, Synthetic
 
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
5
China, Taiwan
Republic of Brazil
Asia
Indonesia, Malaysia
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  • 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.
Japanese and Korean Languages
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Chinese.jpg#200
26
24
23
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
6
88 weeks
 
您好 (Nín hǎo)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
请 (Qǐng)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
劳驾 (Láojià)
 
Mandarin
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
960,000,000.00
Wu
China, United States of America
80,000,000.00
Yue
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
60,000,000.00
10
 
1,051.00 million
16.00 %
873.00 million
178.00 million
中文 (zhōngwén)
Zhongwen, Hanyu
chinois
Chinesisch
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Han
 
1250 BC
Sino-Tibetan Family
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-
No early forms
Standard Chinese
1
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Individual
 
zh
zho
chi
zho
zho
sini1245
79-AAA
Living
Subject-Verb-Object
Analytic, Isolating

Japanese vs Chinese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Japanese vs Chinese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Japanese or Chinese language.

  • Japanese is spoken as a national language in: .
  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: .

You will also get to know the continents where Japanese and Chinese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Japanese language is and position of Chinese language is . Find all the information about these languages on Japanese and Chinese.

Japanese and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Chinese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in . Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese vs Chinese.

Japanese and Chinese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Japanese and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Chinese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is or Chinese word for "Thank You" is . Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Chinese Difficulty

The Japanese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Japanese and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is while to learn Chinese time required is .