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Hindi vs Japanese


Japanese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
8  
8

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Japanese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Hindi and Japanese Language History.

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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.

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