Countries
Countries
Japan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
133
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Palau
South Africa
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Korean Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9926
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
57
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Thank you
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
How are you?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Night
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Good Morning
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Please
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Sorry
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
I love you
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Sanuki
American English
Where They Speak
Kagawa
United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Welsh English
Where They Speak
kansai
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
31188
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %5.43 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million400.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
English
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
japonais
anglais
German Name
Japanisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Not Available
History
Origin
1185
5th Century AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard English
Language Position
83
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ja
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
eng
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
eng
ISO 639 3
jpn
eng
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1293
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic