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Countries

Countries
Japan  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Japan  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
9  
1

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
hallo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Danke  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
guten Morgen  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
bitte  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
日本語  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
japonais  
allemand  

German Name
Japanisch  
Deutsch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Germans  

History

Origin
1185  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
8  
8
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ger  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Japanese and German Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and German language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Japanese vs German Difficulty

The Japanese vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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