Countries
Japan
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Korean Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9921
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1416
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
56
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)
ciao
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
grazie
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Come stai?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
buonanotte
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
buongiorno
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Per Favore
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
scusate
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
arrivederci
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Scusami
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Lazio
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Tuscan
Where They Speak
kansai
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3115
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million64.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Italiano
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Italiano
French Name
japonais
italien
German Name
Japanisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Italians
Origin
1185
960 BC
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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Italian
Language Position
827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
ita
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
ita
ISO 639 3
jpn
ita
ISO 639 6
jpn
itas
Glottocode
nucl1643
ital1282
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic