Countries
Fiji, India
  
Japan
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hindi
  
japonais
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Japanese language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Japanese Difficulty
The Hindi vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.