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Countries

Countries

Japan
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

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Japan
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Palau
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Korean Language
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1420
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

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
bonjour

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Merci

How Are You?

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

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Bonjour

Please

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

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
désolé

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
au revoir

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Kagawa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
African French

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Africa

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Swiss French

Where They Speak

kansai
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
français

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Français

French Name

japonais
français

German Name

Japanisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

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

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
French people

History

Origin

1185
9th Century

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Japanese
Standard French

Language Position

813
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
fra

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
fre

ISO 639 3

jpn
fra

ISO 639 6

jpn
fras

Glottocode

nucl1643
stan1290

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Japanese and French Alphabets

Japanese and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and French. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Japanese and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and French languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and French Speaking population

Japanese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Japanese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and French Language Codes

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