Which has more words English or Japanese?
The Oxford Dictionary says it’s quite probable that English has more words than most comparable world languages….Counting the Words in the Dictionary.
| Language | Words in the Dictionary |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 500,000 |
| Italian | 260,000 |
| English | 171,476 |
| Russian | 150,000 |
Which language has the biggest vocabulary?
English
The language with the largest vocabulary in the world is English with 1,025,109.8 words. This is the estimate provided by Global Language Monitor on January 1, 2014. The English language officially surpassed the millionth word threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 a.m. (GMT).
Does Japanese have a lot of vocabulary?
The number of words in Japanese in a large dictionary is about 500,000. This is basically the same as Italian and English. Sure there may be slightly more in spoken language (idioms/slang etc.) but basically Japanese does not have “so much vocabulary compared to other languages.”
How much vocabulary is enough for Japanese?
Generally speaking, you need to know about 3,000 – 5,000 Japanese words to be fluent in the language. But it can’t just be any words, as you could simply learn the names of people, places, and Pokémon to hit one or two thousand.
Which is the easiest language to learn?
And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…
- Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers.
- Swedish.
- Spanish.
- Dutch.
- Portuguese.
- Indonesian.
- Italian.
- French.
Does Japanese have grammar?
Japanese has no grammatical gender, number, or articles; though the demonstrative sono (その, “that, those”), is often translatable as “the”. Nouns take politeness prefixes (which have not been regarded as inflections): o- for native nouns, and go- for Sino-Japanese nouns. A few examples are given in the following table.
Can you be fluent in Japanese in 2 years?
Some estimate that it takes English-language students (or non-Asian, without prior kanji knowledge) about 4800 hours to reach true Japanese fluency and pass the JLPT N1 exam. Others said it takes 2-5 years of effort to reach mastery, adding that you could survive in the language after one year.