Japanese Language and English, Different Meaning of “Bilingual” Between Kanji(漢字) Native and Alphabet Native

 

Different Between Kanji(漢字) Characters and Alphabet Characters

Kanji is an ideogram, while Alphabet is a phonogram. This difference makes the meaning of “Bilingual” different between Kanji natives and Alphabet natives.

Bilingual for Kanji Natives

For Kanji natives, the bilingual means that people who can use one or more of each languages that use ideograms and languages that use phonograms.

Bilingual for Alphabet Natives

For Alphabet natives, the bilingual means that people who can use two or more of languages that use phonograms.

Japan Government Have Been Protecting Japanese Language for a Long Time

Japan government used to use only Japanese language. This action is good.