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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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