Countries
Japan
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9918
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1413
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
le do thoil
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Tá brón orm
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Slán
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Connacht
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Munster
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
kansai
Ulster
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
314
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
japonais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Japanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Irish people
Origin
1185
c. 750
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Japanese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
gle
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
gle
ISO 639 3
jpn
gle
ISO 639 6
jpn
gle
Glottocode
nucl1643
iris1253
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional