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The Japanese writing system começar a aprender		The Japanese writing system uses three alphabets: kanji, hiragana and katakana
What are kanji? começar a aprender		Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters. Each kanji means a word.
What are katakana? começar a aprender		Katakana, like hiragana, are a syllabary. Katakana is mostly used for foreign words, plant and animal names.
What are hiragana? começar a aprender		Hiragana are used for words that cannot be represented in Kanji.
How many people speak Japanese? começar a aprender		Japanese language is spoken by 128 million speakers.
What should I learn first? começar a aprender		We recommend you to start with katakana and hiragana alphabets. Within the next two lessons you will learn its pronunciation and writing.
What's the next step? começar a aprender		We recommend you to learn vocabulary with examples, before you learn grammar rules. Once you get the context it should be much easier to learn grammar.

About Japanese language - introduction