About Japanese language - introduction

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