Countries
Japan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Korean Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9962
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1460
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
амритана
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Амарахь
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
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Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Sadz
Where They Speak
kansai
Turkey
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
japonais
abkhaze
German Name
Japanisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Abkhaz people
Origin
1185
c. 1650
Language Family
Japonic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Abkhaz
Language Position
828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
abk
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
abk
ISO 639 3
jpn
abk
ISO 639 6
jpn
abks
Glottocode
nucl1643
abkh1244
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative