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Countries

Countries
Japan  
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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Japan  
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  

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

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

Minority Language
Palau  
South Africa  

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

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

Similar To
Korean Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Hello  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Thank you  

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

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

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Good Evening  

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

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Good Morning  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Please  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Sorry  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Bye  

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

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
American English  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
United States of America  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

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

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
kansai  
United Kingdom  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
188  
34

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
日本語  
English  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
japonais  
anglais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Englisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1185  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard English  

Language Position
8  
8
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
eng  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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All Japanese and English 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 Japanese and English dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and English Speaking population

Japanese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Japanese and English on Japanese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and English Language Codes

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

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