Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition)

Mandarin is spoken by about 955 million people. The main distribution areas are in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Wu and Min each have about 75-80 million native speakers.

All of the spoken Ryukyuan languages are classified by UNESCO as endangered. In Hokkaido, there is the Ainu language, which is spoken by the Ainu people, who are the indigenous people of the island….

Hong Kong’s recent census report states that Mandarin is the second language most spoken on the island following Cantonese. Cantonese remains dominant with 96% percent. As for Mandarin, 48% of Hong Kong’s population can speak it, compared to 46% of population that can speak English.

Mandarin is the official state language of China and the most widely spoken Chinese dialect in the country. It is spoken in many of the largest cities in China, including Beijing and Shanghai. Mandarin is spoken widely in Singapore and Taiwan.

The grammar of both of these languages is pretty much identical. The Korean alphabet is much easier than Japanese, but the various levels of speach and address in Korean make it more challenging.

Originally Answered: What is the longest word in the Japanese dictionary?…This is not Sake (nor Saki), this is a TYPE of sake.

• お酒 (o-sake) is the general term for “alcoholic drinks”.
• What you call “Sake” is actually 日本酒 (nihonshu) in Japanese.

The Korean language is part of a northern Asian language known as Altaic, that includes Turkish, Mongolian and Japanese, suggesting early Northern migrations and trade. Korean was also heavily influenced by Chinese, but have adopted its own writing system in the 16th century.

No. A person who knows one CJK language might be able to understand most of the words written on a Chinese/Japanese/Korean newspaper, but not everything. What are Chinese characters (hànzì)? While Chinese characters (hànzì) were developing in China, Japanese kanji and Korean hanja did not exist yet.

“J-Hope [attended] a lot of Japanese shows/interview as a representative of BTS, (they didn’t attend as a whole for certain shows), and some of it, he attended with Jimin or Taehyung, and J-Hope did the most talking, and he is very natural,” said one Quora user.

‘Korean ethnicity’; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Korea and southern Manchuria. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply referred to as just Korea). Koreans are considered the fifteenth-largest ethnic group in the world.

If you’re interested in animé, J-pop, and Japanese food and culture, then Japanese would be a good choice for you. On the other hand, for those interested in Chinese history and how it shaped many other Asian cultures, learning Chinese would be a great way to gain more insight.