Home
Languagevs


Japanese vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Japan  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
27  
17

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Halo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Not present  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
日本語  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
japonais  
espéranto  

German Name
Japanisch  
Esperanto  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1185  
1887  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Esperanto  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

Countries >>
<< All

Japanese and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Esperanto language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Japanese vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Japanese vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages