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
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
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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.
- 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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
I love you
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Sanuki
American English
Where They Speak
Kagawa
United States of America
Dialect 2
Hakata
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Welsh English
Where They Speak
kansai
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
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French Name
japonais
anglais
German Name
Japanisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
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Origin
1185
5th Century AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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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
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1293
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.