Countries
Japan
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Welsh Language Commissioner
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Korean Language
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9929
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Helô
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Diolch
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Nos da
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Bore da
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Hwyl
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Argentina
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
kansai
Powys
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
318
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Cymraeg
French Name
japonais
gallois
German Name
Japanisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Welsh people
Origin
1185
9th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Japanese
Welsh
Language Position
831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
cym
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
wel
ISO 639 3
jpn
cym
ISO 639 6
jpn
cym
Glottocode
nucl1643
wels1247
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional