Countries
Japan
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
Minority Language
Palau
Somalia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Korean Language
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9934
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1424
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
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)
akkam
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Maaloo
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
naa dhiisi
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Borana
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Orma
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Kenya
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Wata
Where They Speak
kansai
Kenya
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3117
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
japonais
galla
German Name
Japanisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Oromos
Origin
1185
16
Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
891
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
orm
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
orm
ISO 639 3
jpn
orm
ISO 639 6
jpn
orm
Glottocode
nucl1643
nucl1736
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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