Countries
Japan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Korean Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1424
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Sveiki
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Paldies
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Labdien
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Labrīt
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
lūdzu
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Piedodiet!
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Livonian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Latvia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
High Latvian
Where They Speak
kansai
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Lettish
French Name
japonais
letton
German Name
Japanisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1185
1530
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Latvian
Language Position
89
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
lav
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
lav
ISO 639 3
jpn
lav
ISO 639 6
jpn
lav
Glottocode
nucl1643
latv1249
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic