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Countries

Countries

Japan
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Palau
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Korean Language
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1422
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
hola

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Gracias

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Buenos Días

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Por Favor

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
triste

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
adiós

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Mexico

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Cuba

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

kansai
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3121
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
Español

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

japonais
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Japanisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Spanish people

History

Origin

1185
210 BC

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Japanese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

82
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
spa

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
spa

ISO 639 3

jpn
spa

ISO 639 6

jpn
spa

Glottocode

nucl1643
stan1288

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Japanese and Spanish Alphabets

Japanese and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Spanish. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Japanese and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Japanese and Spanish Speaking population

Japanese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Japanese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Spanish Language Codes

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