How Similar Are Chinese and Japanese?

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This video looks at the similarities (and differences!) between Chinese (Mandarin) and Japanese, two unrelated languages that have mutually influenced each other. Learn Chinese with ChineseClass101: ► ◄, or learn Japanese with JapanesePod101: ► ◄

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Music: Intro: "Sax Attack" by Dougie Wood.

Body: "Which Part Me Born Free" by The Passion Hi-Fi. This track is unequivocally free for commercial use, scammers don't try to copyright claim it. Source:

Outro: "Circular" by Gunnar Olsen.

00:00 Quiz time!
00:25 The short answer: Japanese and Chinese are unrelated
01:07 The phonology of Chinese and Japanese
01:57 Structure of Chinese and Japanese
04:21 Chinese characters and vocabulary
09:16 Wasei kango: Japanese-created Chinese words
10:09 Japanese "returned loan" words in Chinese
11:37 Final comments