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Language Comparison: Japanese vs Indonesian
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
Aspect | Japanese | Indonesian |
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Family | Japonic | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 128 million | Approximately 210 million (native and second-language speakers) |
Features | Characterized by a complex honorific system reflecting social hierarchy | A standard form of Malay, simplified grammar, extensive use of affixes, and highly influenced by trade and colonial history; serves as the official language of Indonesia and a lingua franca for its diverse population |
Countries | Primarily Japan | Indonesia |
Writing System | Combination of three scripts: Kanji (Chinese characters), Hiragana, and Katakana | Latin script |
Tonal | No, but pitch accent is present | No |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, marked by particles rather than inflections | No, uses prepositions and affixes for grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Old Japanese, with influences from Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and English | Classical Malay, influenced by Dutch, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Chinese |
Loanwords | Significant number from Chinese, with recent borrowings from English and other European languages | From Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, and English |
Dialects | Includes Tokyo Japanese, Kansai Japanese, Hakata Japanese, and many others | Indonesian itself is standardized, but many regional languages (e.g., Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau) influence spoken varieties |
Alphabets | Hiragana: あ (a), い (i), う (u), え (e), お (o), か (ka), き (ki), く (ku), け (ke), こ (ko), さ (sa), し (shi), す (su), せ (se), そ (so), た (ta), ち (chi), つ (tsu), て (te), と (to), な (na), に (ni), ぬ (nu), ね (ne), の (no), は (ha), ひ (hi), ふ (fu), へ (he), ほ (ho), ま (ma), み (mi), む (mu), め (me), も (mo), や (ya), ゆ (yu), よ (yo), ら (ra), り (ri), る (ru), れ (re), ろ (ro), わ (wa), を (wo), ん (n) Katakana:ア (a), イ (i), ウ (u), エ (e), オ (o), カ (ka), キ (ki), ク (ku), ケ (ke), コ (ko), サ (sa), シ (shi), ス (su), セ (se), ソ (so), タ (ta), チ (chi), ツ (tsu), テ (te), ト (to), ナ (na), ニ (ni), ヌ (nu), ネ (ne), ノ (no), ハ (ha), ヒ (hi), フ (fu), ヘ (he), ホ (ho), マ (ma), ミ (mi), ム (mu), メ (me), モ (mo), ヤ (ya), ユ (yu), ヨ (yo), ラ (ra), リ (ri), ル (ru), レ (re), ロ (ro), ワ (wa), ヲ (wo), ン (n) | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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Language Facts:
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