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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Japan  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Please  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Sorry  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Bye  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
I love you  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
anglais  
japonais  

German Name
Englisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Japanese  

Language Position
3  
3
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
eng  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All English and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of English and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Japanese Speaking population

English and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Japanese on English vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Japanese Language Codes

English and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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