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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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