Countries
Japan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Thailand
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Korean Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9926
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1424
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Hai
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
terima kasih
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Selamat pagi
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
sila
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)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Pekal
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Musi
Where They Speak
kansai
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
japonais
malais
German Name
Japanisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Malaysian people
Origin
1185
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Japanese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
854
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
msa
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
may
ISO 639 3
jpn
zsm
ISO 639 6
jpn
may
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1306
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative