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Countries

Countries

Japan
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Japan
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Korean Language
Hindi Language

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9953
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1441
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
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)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Saraiki

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Doabi

Where They Speak

kansai
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3130
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

japonais
pendjabi

German Name

Japanisch
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Punjabis

History

Origin

1185
1000 AD

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Japanese
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

ja
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
pan

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
pan

ISO 639 3

jpn
pan

ISO 639 6

jpn
panj

Glottocode

nucl1643
panj1256

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional

Japanese and Punjabi Alphabets

Japanese and Punjabi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Punjabi. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Japanese and Punjabi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Punjabi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Punjabi Speaking population

Japanese and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Japanese vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Punjabi Language Codes

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