Countries
Japan
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Korean Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9937
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1446
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
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Mhoro
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Masikati
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Mangwanani
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Ndineurombo
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Karanga
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Zezuru
Where They Speak
kansai
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
314
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 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
chiShona
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
japonais
shona
German Name
Japanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Shona people
Origin
1185
20th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Shona
Language Position
8107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
sna
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
sna
ISO 639 3
jpn
sna
ISO 639 6
jpn
sna
Glottocode
nucl1643
core1255
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
99-AUT-a
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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