Countries
Japan
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Japan
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
日本語
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
japonais
  
hindi
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1185
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Japanese and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Hindi language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Hindi Difficulty
The Japanese vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.