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Japanese language and Katakana

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Difference between Japanese language and Katakana

Japanese language vs. Katakana

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

Similarities between Japanese language and Katakana

Japanese language and Katakana have 27 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ainu language, Chōonpu, Chinese characters, Chinese language, Furigana, Gairaigo, Gemination, Heian period, Hepburn romanization, Hiragana, Japan, Japanese dictionary, Japanese name, Japanese particles, Japanese writing system, Kana, Kanji, Latin script, Loanword, Man'yōgana, Meiji Restoration, Mora (linguistics), Okurigana, Romanization of Japanese, Syllabary, Taiwan, Vowel length.

Ainu language

Ainu (Ainu: アイヌ・イタㇰ Aynu.

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Chōonpu

The, also known as,,, or Katakana-Hiragana Prolonged Sound Mark by the Unicode Consortium, is a Japanese symbol that indicates a chōon, or a long vowel of two morae in length.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Furigana

is a Japanese reading aid, consisting of smaller kana, or syllabic characters, printed next to a kanji (ideographic character) or other character to indicate its pronunciation.

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Gairaigo

is Japanese for "loan word" or "borrowed word", and indicates a transliteration (or "transvocalization") into Japanese.

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Gemination

Gemination, or consonant elongation, is the pronouncing in phonetics of a spoken consonant for an audibly longer period of time than that of a short consonant.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Hepburn romanization

is a system for the romanization of Japanese, that uses the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language.

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Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese dictionary

Japanese dictionaries have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries.

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Japanese name

in modern times usually consist of a family name (surname), followed by a given name.

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Japanese particles

Japanese particles, or, are suffixes or short words in Japanese grammar that immediately follow the modified noun, verb, adjective, or sentence.

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Japanese writing system

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.

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Kana

are syllabic Japanese scripts, a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji (漢字).

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Latin script

Latin or Roman script is a set of graphic signs (script) based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, which is derived from a form of the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet, used by the Etruscans.

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Loanword

A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word adopted from one language (the donor language) and incorporated into another language without translation.

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Man'yōgana

is an ancient writing system that employs Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language, and was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically.

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Mora (linguistics)

A mora (plural morae or moras; often symbolized μ) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing.

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Okurigana

are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words.

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Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.

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Syllabary

A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) moras which make up words.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Vowel length

In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a vowel sound.

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Japanese language and Katakana Comparison

Japanese language has 264 relations, while Katakana has 171. As they have in common 27, the Jaccard index is 6.21% = 27 / (264 + 171).

References

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