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Japanese vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
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-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
16  
6

Scripts
Kana  
Latin, Sundanese  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Halo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Mangga  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Hapunten  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
日本語  
Basa Sunda  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
japonais  
soundanais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
1185  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Sundanese  

Language Position
8  
8
42  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
sun  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
sun  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
sun  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
sund1251  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
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Japanese and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Sundanese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD. 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 and Sundanese Language History.

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Japanese and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Sundanese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Japanese vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is 40 weeks.

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