Countries
Japan
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Korean Language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Kaixo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Gabon
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Egun on
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Mesedez
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Barkatu
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Agur
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
France
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Souletin
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Biscayan
Where They Speak
kansai
Spain
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Euskara
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
japonais
basque
German Name
Japanisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Basque people
Origin
1185
c. 1000
Language Family
Japonic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Japanese
Basque
Language Position
830
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ja
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
eus
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
baq
ISO 639 3
jpn
eus
ISO 639 6
jpn
eus
Glottocode
nucl1643
basq1248
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative