Countries
Japan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Korean Language
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Henda ho
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Boge Setak’
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
দয়া করে
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
দুঃখিত
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Hariau
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Mahali
Where They Speak
Kagawa
India
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Not present
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
-
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Not present
Where They Speak
kansai
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How Many People Speak
127,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
311
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
japonais
santal
German Name
Japanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1185
20th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Santali
Language Position
841
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
sat
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
sat
ISO 639 3
jpn
sat
ISO 639 6
jpn
sat
Glottocode
nucl1643
sant1410
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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