Countries
Japan
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Korean Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9933
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, Sundanese
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 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Halo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Nuhun
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Mangga
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Hapunten
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Punten
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Banten
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bogor
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
kansai
Bandung
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
japonais
soundanais
German Name
Japanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1185
5th century AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Sundanese
Language Position
842
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
sun
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
sun
ISO 639 3
jpn
sun
ISO 639 6
jpn
sun
Glottocode
nucl1643
sund1251
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
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