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English vs Japanese (英文 對 日文)
Popularity: English > Japanese (英文較普及)
According to some statistics (據一些統計資料)
1. Language population: (語言人口方面)
- English 1120 Millions (英文人口約11億2000萬人)
- Japanese 133 Millions (日文人口約1億3300萬人)
2. International (國際化)
- English 115 countries (有115個國家使用英文)
- Japanese 1 country (祗有1個國家使用日文)
http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/worldlang.htm
Complexity: English < Japanese (英文的語言要素較簡單))
1. English has 1 component: alphabet only (英文祗有字母)
2. Japanese has 4 components: hiragana, katakana, kanji, romaji (日文有平假名﹐片假名﹐漢字﹐羅馬字)
Key Words: English < Japanese (應付日常生活需要方面﹐英文的基本單詞較少)
1. English: 1000 key words (80.5%), 3000 key words (90.0%)
(懂1000個英文基本單詞可應付日常生活80.5%﹐懂3000個可應付90.0%)
2. Japanese: 1000 key words (60.5%), 3000 key words (75.3%), 10000 key words (91.7%)
(懂1000個日文基本單詞可應付日常生活60.5%﹐懂3000個可應付75.3%﹐懂10000個可應付91.7%)
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/janusama/article?mid=6044
Grammer Complexity: English < Japanese (英文文法較簡單)
English grammer is easier due to simpler structure (英文文法構造較簡單)
Japanese grammer is difficult due to polite expression (日文文法有敬語﹐助詞﹐書面語跟口語文法也有不同﹐又分男性用語﹐女性用語等等)