Welcome to the Japanese Language Guide!
こんにちは! This guide will help you find effective resources for Japanese language learning for all levels that we have here at MHC, in the Five College area, and beyond. It is designed to help you discover useful and interesting tools and materials to guide you on your language and culture learning adventure.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or resources to add, please contact us at the Language & Culture Commons (LCC).
Japanese is the official language of Japan, spoken natively by around 128 million people. Japanese uses three writing systems: the native Japanese alphabets Hiragana and Katakana, and a Chinese character system called Kanji. Japanese is ranked the 9th most widely spoken language in the world.
Photo credit: Japan from the US Department of State