Introductions To Japanese Language

Japanese is spoken by 130 millions people around the world. The Japanese language is written in many different forms kanji, hiragana, katakana and rōmaji.

Japanese vocabulary has been heavily influenced by loans from other languages. A vast number of words were borrowed from Chinese. So generally, if a person is well-versed in the Chinese language, learning kanji will be easier, to a certain extent.

During World War 2, Japan occupied many countries, those which include Korea, Taiwan, some parts of the Chinese mainland. The locals in those countries were forced to learn Japanese, resulting in some of the locals knowing how to speak and even write that language.