これは日本語で言い方ですか
kore ha nihongo de iikata desu ka
Is this correct? I want to point to something and ask how do you say that in Japanese.
Base 2 + かた means how to.
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kore ha nihongo de iikata desu ka
Is this correct? I want to point to something and ask how do you say that in Japanese.
Base 2 + かた means how to.
「これは[日本語]{にほんご}で[言]{い}い[方]{かた}ですか。」
Unfortunately, this makes little sense.
To ask an information question (as opposed to a yes-no question) like "How do you say this in Japanese?", you need to use a question word just like you used "how" in English.
Question words in Japanese are: なに、なん、いつ、どこ、だれ、どう、どんな, etc.
The most natural way to say it by the native standards would be:
「これは日本語でなんと言いますか。」
That is the question word 「なん」 plus the quotative particle 「と」.
The problem with 「言い方」 is that it is generally used to refer to how properly a phrase or sentence is composed or the mannerism employed in saying a phrase or sentence. It is not used to talk about what an object is called.
Just to complete an already good answer, there are actually many natural ways to ask how something is said:
日本語ではどう言いますか。
日本語では何と言いますか。
日本語ではなんて言う? (なんて is a casual form of 何と)
How is this said in Japanese?
Or, to ask what you just heard means:
それはどう言う意味ですか。
What does this mean?