Is Chinese language similar to Japanese language?

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No, the both languages are different only one script of japan called kanji resembles with Chinese only in written script,otherwise pronunciation meanings are entirely different.
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Hi Srinivasan, Many people get confused by the fact that Japanese is partially written using Chinese characters (kanji in Japanese). It should be noted that what writing system a language uses doesn't have any bearing on whether a language is related to another. Hundreds upon hundreds of languages...
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Hi Srinivasan, Many people get confused by the fact that Japanese is partially written using Chinese characters (kanji in Japanese). It should be noted that what writing system a language uses doesn't have any bearing on whether a language is related to another. Hundreds upon hundreds of languages use the Latin alphabet, but not all of those languages are related to Latin. You can also note that a literate Chinese speaker would not be able to read Japanese very easily -- many of the characters have changed their meaning in Japanese, and the syntax and morphology of Japanese are still totally different from Chinese. read less
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No, both languages are very different. Japanese script and Chinese script also have various differences, like Japanese is written from left to right n Chinese is written from top to bottom. Just like Sanskrit is different from Hindi or German is different from French. They may sound a like.....but they...
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No, both languages are very different. Japanese script and Chinese script also have various differences, like Japanese is written from left to right n Chinese is written from top to bottom. Just like Sanskrit is different from Hindi or German is different from French. They may sound a like.....but they are extremely different. read less
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