What is the official language of Japan?
Q: What is the official language of Japan?
A: The official language of Japan is Japanese.
Q: What language family does Japanese belong to?
A: Japanese belongs to the Japonic language family, which also includes the endangered Ryukyuan languages.
Q: Are Japanese and Korean related?
A: One theory says that Japanese and Korean are related, but most linguists no longer think so.
Q: How many writing systems does Japanese use?
A:Japanese uses three separate writing systems - hiragana, katakana, and kanji.
Q: How do these writing systems differ from each other?
A: Hiragana and katakana are phonetic systems and show the pronunciation of Japanese words, while kanji is a variation of Chinese characters that shows the meaning of words.
Q: How do English sentences differ from those in Japanese?
A: In English, differences between sentences are often made by changing word order; however in Japanese this can be done by adding or changing suffixes at the end of words.
Q: Did any English words enter into the Japanese language after World War II?
A: Yes, many English words entered into the Japanese language after World War II as loanwords. An example would be “アイスクリーム” (aisukurīmu), meaning “ice cream”.
