About Japanese language - introduction

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término		definición
The Japanese writing system empezar lección		The Japanese writing system uses three alphabets: kanji, hiragana and katakana
What are kanji? empezar lección		Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters. Each kanji means a word.
What are katakana? empezar lección		Katakana, like hiragana, are a syllabary. Katakana is mostly used for foreign words, plant and animal names.
What are hiragana? empezar lección		Hiragana are used for words that cannot be represented in Kanji.
How many people speak Japanese? empezar lección		Japanese language is spoken by 128 million speakers.
What should I learn first? empezar lección		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? empezar lección		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.