The Japanese Language: Everything You Were NEVER Taught In School

https://bit.ly/freeslkit_japanesestory 🇯🇵 Did you know that Japanese is the ONLY major language that left us no clues as to where it came from? This is but one of the many fascinating facts that makes Japanese unique.

In this video, I dig into the language's mysterious origins, various Japanese dialects you'll encounter in Japan, where Japanese is spoken OUTSIDE of Japan, why Japanese has not one but THREE writing systems, and much more.

🤔 I also cover the mystery of learning how to SPEAK Japanese, too, so stick around!

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For more details about the Japanese language, check out my blog post "Learn Japanese: The Ultimate Guide For Beginners":
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For a deeper dive on the Japanese writing system, check out my post "How to Write in Japanese – A Beginner’s Guide":
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😅 CORRECTIONS:

Note that a few typos slipped in by accident during the editing process:

At 10:30, it should read "漢字" ("Chinese characters"), not "感じ" ("feeling")
At 11:45, it should read "コンビニ" ("convenience store"), not "コンニ".

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Jōmon people
01:54 - Yayoi people
02:11 - Is Japanese a cousin of Korean?
02:44 - Honorifics
03:48 - Japanese Honorifics chart
04:06 - Japonic family
04:34 - Okinawan folk music
05:15 - Major Japanese varieties
06:24 - Meiji Period and the Golden Era
07:25 - Learn Japanese with karaoke
08:15 - Japanese writing systems
11:44 - Kanji, hiragana and katakana in one sentence
12:13 - Japanese vocabulary
13:27 - The Tale of Genji

🧐 REFERENCES:

https://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat...
https://wikitongues.org