Countries
Japan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Japan
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Palau
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Korean Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
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)
bonjour
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Merci
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Bonjour
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
désolé
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
au revoir
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Kagawa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Hakata
African French
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Africa
Dialect 3
Kansai
Swiss French
Where They Speak
kansai
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Français
French Name
japonais
français
German Name
Japanisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Not Available
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
nucl1643
stan1290
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Japanese and French Speaking population
Japanese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Japanese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and French Language Codes
Japanese and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.