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Japanese vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Japan   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Palau   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hola   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Gracias   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Por Favor   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

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

Bye
adiós   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Not Available   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
japonais   

German Name
Spanisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Japanese   

Language Position
2   
2
8   
8

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
spa   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Spanish and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Japanese language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Spanish and Japanese Language History.

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Spanish and Japanese 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 Spanish and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Japanese language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Japanese Difficulty

The Spanish vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Japanese 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 Spanish and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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