Is the Japanesse language similar too Chinesse language?

Question

I am just wondering.I am learning Japanesse though.I always thought that they were the same.

Answer 1

Not at all. The Japanese use quite a few of the Chinese characters for writing, but in speech they are miles apart.

Answer 2

It is completely different in its speaking and phonetics. There are some characters that are the same or very similar that the japanese picked up from the chinese. However the basic differences are:
1. In speaking, the japanese have no L sound but have the R sound; the Chinese have no R sound but have L sound. All foreign words spoken in japanese that have an L sound such as names of western persons, "lois" comes out "rois".Theysimply lack the phonetic apparatus to say any word with an L anywhere in it.
2. The order that words fall in a sentence in chinese is the same order as in english, basically. In Japanese the words all end up in different places int he sentences as compared to chinese and english. e.g., verbs in japanese ALWAYS come at the end of the sentence. e.g. I want to see a film
in japanese comes out : film (o) see desire
3. There is no word for "want" in japanese.It is too intrusive for them to say "want" as it is seen as rude. Japanese say "A film is desired to be seen".
4.Japanese has 3 writing systems all mixed together. You can have a sentence using words from each writing system. All foreign words have a special writing system (katakana). Chinese has no separate writing system for foreign words.

Answer 3

totally different language

the japanese language is thought to be related to korean, manchurian, and mongolian, and more distantly to finnish and hungarian. but these connections lie in the remote past. until the 5th century a.d., when chinese characters were introduced, the japanese had no writing system. thereafter, a system was developed for writing japanese using chinese characters (kanji). using kanji as a base, the japanese devised two syllabic alphabets-hiragana and katakana. each represents the same 47 syllables, and the alphabets are used together with kanji in writing modern japanese.

we are just using kanji for writing.
some are saying japanese originated from chinese. but thats wrong. chinese gave impact on japanese. that's all.

*english is giving impact on japanese NOW. lol

Answer 4

do some research online.

stev, you are completely wrong! Chinese has both r & l sounds, in Mandarin. Other dialects might have one or the other.

Chinese has no separate writing system for foreign words.
What? What is Pinyin? What is Zhuyin Fuhao? Just like the Japanese Romaji, Katakana, manyogana and furigana. The Chinese just prefer to use characters, because that's what makes it unique?!

Answer 5

My daughter in law is Japanese. She explained to me one time that the Japanese borrow many things from Chinese then change them a little to make them their own.

To answer your question, they are similar but not the same. You cannot learn Japanese and expect to read and speak Chinese but once you learn one, it will be much easier to learn the other.

As an example, my daughter in law was singing a song to her daughter that I recognized the tune to as "Brother John" (Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells are ringing. Ding Dang Dong. Ding Dang Dong) We know it came from the french and most of us even know it by the french words. She thought it was from her own country and they had words that were not at all related to these lyrics.

Answer 6

Chiense is sinotibetan language when Jpanese is or uncategorized or classified as Altaic language,...

and htye are nto similar..
but they share much the same vocabulary...
because japanese and Korean and Vietnamese orrowed much words from CHinese and expecially sings

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Answer 7

Their written language is very similar but their spoken language is entirely different.

Answer 8

they vary from each other

Answer 9

no there both completly different

Answer 10

both are poles apart....