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Countries

Countries

Japan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Palau
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Korean Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1421
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

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hello

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
Thank you

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
How are you?

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Night

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
Good Morning

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Please

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Sorry

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
Bye

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
I love you

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
American English

Where They Speak

Kagawa
United States of America

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Welsh English

Where They Speak

kansai
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

31188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
English

Alternative Names

Nihongo
English

French Name

japonais
anglais

German Name

Japanisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
English people

History

Origin

1185
5th Century AD

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Japanese
Standard English

Language Position

83
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
eng

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
eng

ISO 639 3

jpn
eng

ISO 639 6

jpn
engs

Glottocode

nucl1643
stan1293

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Japanese vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Japanese vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Japanese or English language.

  • Japanese is spoken as a national language in: Japan.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Japanese and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Japanese language is 8 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Japanese and English.

Japanese and English Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and English language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and English Language History.

Japanese and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Japanese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and English language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs English Difficulty

The Japanese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Japanese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.