Countries
Japan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Korean Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1423
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
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hola
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Gràcies
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Bona nit
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Bon dia
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sisplau
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Perdó!
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Adéu
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Caló
Where They Speak
Kagawa
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Valencian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Spain
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
kansai
Spain
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
318
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
català
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
japonais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Japanisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Catalan people
Origin
1185
c. 1028
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 Catalan
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
832
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
cat
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
cat
ISO 639 3
jpn
cat
ISO 639 6
jpn
cat
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1289
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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