About my mother tongue (Japanese)
My mother tongue is Japanese.
There are about 127 million people speak Japanese as their native language.
In Japanese, there are three types of written characters, which are Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana.
Kanji was made made in ancient China. Each of them have its own meaning.
Hiragana and Katakana are used when there are no Kanji representation or write its Kanji.
The difference between Hiragana and Katakana is that Hiragana is used for native Japanese words.
On the other hand Katakana is used for writing loan words, foreign languages and foreign names.
For example , when we write the word ''Philippine'', we use Katakana.
Doe to these reasons, Many people say Japanese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
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About my mother tongue (Japanese)
My mother tongue is Japanese.
There are about 127 million people speak Japanese as their native language.
In Japanese, there are three types of written characters: which are Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. [I used a colon here for a list.]
Kanji was made made in ancient China. Each kanji has of them have its own meaning. [I clarified the subject is kanji, and used has because each "one" is singular.]
Hiragana and Katakana are used when there are is no Kanji representation or write its to write out Kanji. [Even though I know what you mean here, it might be better to say "to write out the pronunciation" for clairity.]
The difference between Hiragana and Katakana is that Hiragana is used for native Japanese words.
On the other hand Katakana is used for writing loan words, foreign languages and foreign names.
For example, when we write the word ''Philippine'', we use Katakana.
[I think the grammar here works, however it's slightly strange sounding. When you say
"The difference between X and Z is X is used for A. On the other hand, Z is used for B."
I think to a native speaker,
"The difference between X and Z is X is used for A, and Z is used for B."
sounds more natural.]
Due to these reasons, many people say Japanese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
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About my mother tongue (Japanese)
My mother tongue is Japanese.
There are about 127 million people who speak Japanese as their native language.
In Japanese, there are three types of written characters, which are (I would have used namely) Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana.
Kanji was made (or created) in ancient China. Each of them (character) has its own meaning.
Hiragana and Katakana are used when there are no Kanji representation or write its Kanji (meaning: the text is in Kanji?).
The difference between Hiragana and Katakana is that Hiragana is used for native Japanese words.
On the other hand Katakana is used for writing loan words, foreign languages and foreign names.
For example, when we write the word ''Philippine'', we use Katakana.
Due to these reasons, Many people say that Japanese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.
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