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
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
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Mexico
Dialect 2
Hakata
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Cuba
Dialect 3
Kansai
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
kansai
Puerto Rico
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Japanese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1288
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic