To learn Japanese language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Japanese alphabet/Japanese letter. If you are interested to learn Japanese language, this place will help you to learn Japanese alphabet/character in Japanese and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others.
To learn Japanese language, first we learn Japanese alphabets and then learn Japanese alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.
Japanese language is one of the popular languages in the world population. Japanese language is spoken in Japan, more than 120 million (about 90%) people speaks Japanese, total world population. Japanese language is one of the most influential languages in the world.
Learn Japanese Alphabet | Vowels, Consonants & Pronunciation
Japanese alphabet is called 日本語のアルファベット (Nihongo no arufabetto). Japanese vowels are known as 母音 (Boin) and Japanese consonants are known as 子音 (Shiin). Japanese Alphabet has 46 letters/ characters and is a syllabic script. Japanese Alphabet has two types-
KANA & KANJI
• combination of chinese characters called kanji
• Kana has two types Hiragana, Katakana
> Hiragana is a curved script> Katakana is an angular script
Japanese Vowels / 母音 Boin
Japanese Alphabet have 5 vowels. Here you learn Japanese vowels and their pronunciation and examples.
VOWELS - 母音 Boin
VOWEL
PRONUNCIATION
EXAMPLE
a
ah
car
e
ea
end
i
ie
kiss
o
oh
copy
u
oo
music
Japanese Consonants / 子音 Shiin
Japanese consonants are known as 子音 (Shiin). There are two types Hiragana, Katakana. Hiragana is a curved script and Katakana is an angular script as below
Hiragana
CONSONANTS JAPANESE ALPHABETS 日本語のアルファベット Nihongo no arufabetto
Hiragana (ひらがな)
あ a
い i
う u
え e
お o
k
か ka
き ki
く ku
け ke
こ ko
s
さ sa
し shi
す su
せ se
そ so
t
た ta
ち chi
つ tsu
て te
と to
n
な na
に ni
ぬ nu
ね ne
の no
h
は ha
ひ hi
ふ fu
へ he
ほ ho
m
ま ma
み mi
む mu
め me
も mo
y
や ya
ゆ yu
よ yo
r
ら ra
り ri
る ru
れ re
ろ ro
w
わ wa
を wo
n
ん n
Katakana
CONSONANTS JAPANESE ALPHABETS 日本語のアルファベット Nihongo no arufabetto
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