ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Languages of East Asia

Okay kiddo, let's talk about the languages of East Asia! There are a lot of different languages spoken in that part of the world, and they can be pretty different from each other. But we'll try to break it down so it's easy to understand.

First of all, do you know what a language is? It's a way that people communicate with each other using words and sounds that they all agree on. Just like how we're talking right now in English, people in East Asia use different languages to talk to each other.

One of the main languages spoken in East Asia is Chinese. Have you ever heard of that? It's a pretty popular language and lots of people in China speak it. But did you know that there are actually lots of different dialects of Chinese? That means that even though people are all speaking Chinese, they might not understand each other if they're from different parts of China.

Another language that's spoken in East Asia is Japanese. That's the language that people in Japan speak. It's pretty different from Chinese, but they use the same alphabet as we do in English.

There's also Korean, which is spoken in South Korea and North Korea. That language is pretty different from Chinese and Japanese too.

So, to sum it up, there are different languages in East Asia that people use to communicate with each other. Some of the main ones are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It's important to remember that even though they're all in East Asia, the languages can be pretty different from each other!