Countries
Japan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
South America
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Korean Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1426
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
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)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Solpayki
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Allillanchu
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Wuynus diyas
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
jamuspa
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Ancash
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Peru
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Peru
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Yaru
Where They Speak
kansai
Peru
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Nihongo
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
japonais
quechua
German Name
Japanisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Quechua
Origin
1185
16th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
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Andean Equatorial
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
Quechua
Language Position
823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
que
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
que
ISO 639 3
jpn
que
ISO 639 6
jpn
que
Glottocode
nucl1643
quec1387
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic