About Japanese language - introduction

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