Countries
Japan
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.