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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   

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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.

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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.

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