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Japanese and Esperanto


Esperanto and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Japan  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
27  
17

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Halo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
japonais  
espéranto  

German Name
Japanisch  
Esperanto  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1185  
1887  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Esperanto  

Language Position
8  
8
33  
31

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
epo  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
epo  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Japanese and Esperanto 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 Japanese and Esperanto dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Esperanto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Esperanto Dialects are spoken in different Esperanto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Esperanto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Esperanto Speaking population

Japanese and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Japanese and Esperanto on Japanese vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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