Countries
Japan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Ethiopia
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Korean Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1431
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Selam
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
aznallehu
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
tschao
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Gondar
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Gondar
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Showa
Where They Speak
kansai
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
japonais
amharique
German Name
Japanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Amharas
Origin
1185
13th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Japanese
Amharic
Language Position
855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
amh
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
amh
ISO 639 3
jpn
amh
ISO 639 6
jpn
amh
Glottocode
nucl1643
amha1245
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional