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Japanese vs Hindi


Hindi vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
4.70 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
8  
8
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Japanese and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Hindi language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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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.

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