Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Japan
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Japan
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
South Africa
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Thank you
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
How are you?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
I Love You
I love you
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
American English
Sanuki
Where They Speak
United States of America
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Hakata
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Kansai
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
kansai
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
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French Name
anglais
japonais
German Name
Englisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
5th Century AD
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard English
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nucl1643
Linguasphere
52-ABA
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
English and Japanese 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 English and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Japanese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common English Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Japanese Difficulty
The English vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Japanese 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 English and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.