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What does 英語よりも日本語の方が話しやすいです mean? (Eigo yori mo nihongo no kata ga hanashi
yasuidesu)

From my limited understanding of the Japanese language, my guess was "English
compared to Japanese is easier to speak." But the use of 日本語の方(nihongo no
kata) threw me off since it also means "Japanese" but as a race. So I wanted
to confirm and used google translator: "Japanese is easier to speak than
English."

So now I am very confused lol I would appreciate it if someone would clear
this up for me, thankyou.
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英語よりも日本語の方が話しやすいです meaning
Google Translate may translate 英語, 日本語 into "English", "Japanese", but...

The character 語 represents "language", so 英 **語** means "the English language"
and 日本 **語** , "the Japanese language".

"Japanese people" would be 日本 **人** since "person/people" is represented by
the kanji 人.

> 英語 **よりも** 日本語 **の[方]{ほう}が** 話しやすいです。

「Aより(も)Bの[方]{ほう}が...」 means "B rather than A", "B is more...than A".

So the sentence means "The Japanese language is easier to speak than the
English language."
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