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World Languages
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Why Learn Japanese?
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| Japanese
is spoken by more than 130 million
people, mainly in Japan, but also
by Japanese emigrant communities around
the world. It is distinguished by
a complex system of honorifics reflecting
the hierarchical nature of Japanese
society, with verb forms and particular
vocabulary to indicate the relative
status of speaker, listener, and the
person mentioned in conversation.
The earliest record of Japanese
is in a Chinese document from 252
A.D. A vast number
of words were borrowed from Chinese
or created from Chinese models over
at least 1,500 years.
Since the late 19th century, Japanese
has borrowed a considerable number
of words from Indo-European languages,
primarily English. |
| Mt. SAC offers
beginning and intermediate, university-transferable
Japanese language courses that include
both verbal and written learning,
taught by native speakers in both
English and Japanese. |
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