What is the Japanese Language
Japanese is spoken by over hundred million people, uniquely has 3 kinds of writing.
1- Kanji Chinese characters each conveying and idea. Mor than 2000 Kanji characters are commonly used.
2- Hiragana A phonetic syllabary.
3- Katakana A phonetic syllabary. used for words of foreign origin.
There are about 50 of them.
Kanji was introduced from China about 2000 years ago. Hiragana and Katakana were made up from certain Kanji characters in order to represent the Japanese syllabary. Hiragana was formed by simplifying the whole shape of certain Kanji, and Katakana were formed from a single part of one Kanji
.- Japanese sentences can be written vertically from top to bottom or horizontally from left to right.
- Japanese nouns have no gender and the verb normally comes at the end of the sentence.
- Various degrees of politeness are expressed
Japanese, and it is very important to use the correct register according to the people you are communicating with.
- The Japanese equivalent of a comma is "､", and a full stop is: "｡".
Japanese is spoken by over hundred million people, uniquely has 3 kinds of writing.
1- Kanji Chinese characters each conveying and idea. Mor than 2000 Kanji characters are commonly used.
2- Hiragana A phonetic syllabary.
3- Katakana A phonetic syllabary. used for words of foreign origin.
There are about 50 of them.
Kanji was introduced from China about 2000 years ago. Hiragana and Katakana were made up from certain Kanji characters in order to represent the Japanese syllabary. Hiragana was formed by simplifying the whole shape of certain Kanji, and Katakana were formed from a single part of one Kanji
.- Japanese sentences can be written vertically from top to bottom or horizontally from left to right.
- Japanese nouns have no gender and the verb normally comes at the end of the sentence.
- Various degrees of politeness are expressed
Japanese, and it is very important to use the correct register according to the people you are communicating with.
- The Japanese equivalent of a comma is "､", and a full stop is: "｡".
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