Countries
Japan
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1418
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
52
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)
Tere
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
aitäh
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Head ööd
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Tere hommikust
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Palun
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Vabandust
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Head aega
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Tartu
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Idamurre
Where They Speak
kansai
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
318
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Eesti keel
French Name
japonais
estonien
German Name
Japanisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Estonians
Origin
1185
13th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Estonian
Language Position
822
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
est
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
est
ISO 639 3
jpn
est
ISO 639 6
jpn
est
Glottocode
nucl1643
esto1258
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative