Is it better for me to learnb Chinese or Japanese? Which language is easier and more useful?
Thanks
2007-06-24 01:55:50 · 8 answers · asked by CrownlessPhoenix 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
learn, not leanb, sorry. btw, I'm Serbian
2007-06-24 01:56:56 · update #1
I would say Mandarin Chinese
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2007-06-24 03:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Japanese has the most complicate writing system of all languages. This is because the kanji characters have several readings and u also have to deal with hiragana and katakana which are syllable phonetic characters that you use in combination with the kanji characters. Japanese also have a complicate system of different degrees of politeness. It's often a headache for Japanese to address to sb the correct polite way without appearing too distant at the same time!
On the other hand, Chinese characters have only one reading and don't have any other writing system, so I guess u will find it easier. Chinese languages (and not dialects) differ as much as spanish to italian or sth like that! It's not different dialects, but different languages. I guess you will learn the traditional Chinese which is the Mandarin! The official Mandarin is the dialect of the Mandarin used officially (eg. the UN).
Both languages have no tenses but Present and Past, no verb conjugation etc. You generally have to think in a total different way than you do with european languages. But this is the fun part!
Japanese is a very beautiful language, but I guess China's development is a better motive!
Good luck!
2007-06-24 10:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by CML 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general the Japanese language would be easier, as Chinese has both Mandarin and Cantonese. My understanding is that these are each different.
2007-06-24 09:04:31 · answer #3 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese has many dialects much like the Latin-Romance languages in Europe. Japanese sounds better but Chinese is more useful as there are much more people who speak it in the world. Cantonese is mainstream in the overseas Chinatowns and restaurants. Hong Kong etc.
2007-06-24 09:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by viet_forever_more 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, well Chinese is more useful, but it has a lot of dialects. Japanese is a bit easier. I suggest Chinese. E, svaka ti cast sto si odlucila da ucis neki od ova 2 jezika.cao
2007-06-24 09:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by Joka B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Chinese will be more useful
2007-06-24 09:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Once Upon a Dreamღ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chinese is easy and very helpful
2007-06-24 09:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by FarKhan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think chinese..but its ur choice
2007-06-24 10:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by Miss.UnKnowN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋