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 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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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)
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?
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
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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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