Countries
Japan
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Korean Language
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9926
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1419
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
57
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Halo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Selamat Pagi
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
maaf
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Balinese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
kansai
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3146
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
japonais
indonésien
German Name
Japanisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Indonesians
Origin
1185
7th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Japanese
Indonesian
Language Position
856
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
ind
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
ind
ISO 639 3
jpn
ind
ISO 639 6
jpn
ind
Glottocode
nucl1643
indo1316
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