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Japanese and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Japan   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Palau   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Merci   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
désolé   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
au revoir   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
African French   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Français   
Not Available   

French Name
français   
japonais   

German Name
Französisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Japanese   

Language Position
13   
12
8   
8

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
fra   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All French and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of French and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Japanese Speaking population

French and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Japanese on French vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Japanese Language Codes

French and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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