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Countries

Countries

Japan

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Japan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Palau

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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.

Similar To

Korean Language

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

99
Rank: 40 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

14
Rank: 4 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Kana

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks
Rank: 19 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki

Where They Speak

Kagawa

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.00
Rank: 61 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata

Where They Speak

Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai

Where They Speak

kansai

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

31
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million
Rank: 54 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語

Alternative Names

Nihongo

French Name

japonais

German Name

Japanisch

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1185

Language Family

Japonic Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Japanese

Language Position

8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn

ISO 639 2/B

jpn

ISO 639 3

jpn

ISO 639 6

jpn

Glottocode

nucl1643

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic

Origin of Japanese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Japanese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Japanese language states that it was put to use in 1185. The history of Japanese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Japanese Language History.The evolution of Japanese language began with early forms such as Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese. Japanese is the standard form of Japanese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Japanese Language.

Japanese population

Japanese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Japanese language. Japanese language is spoken by 128.00 million people in the world. Most of the Japanese population lies in the Japanese Speaking Countries. Japanese language is spoken as first language by 128.00 million people and as second language by about 3.00 million people. Get to know Japanese speaking population in detail.

Japanese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Japanese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Japanese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Kana script is used by Japanese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Japanese language

Check out all the information about Japanese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Japanese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Japanese Speaking Countries, Japanese speaking continents and Japanese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Japanese countries knowing common Japanese Greetings will help you in communicating with Japanese people.