Countries
Japan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Japan
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Council for German Orthography
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
hallo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Danke
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
guten Tag
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
guten Morgen
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
bitte
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Verzeihung
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Tschüs
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Hakata
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Texas German
Where They Speak
kansai
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
japonais
allemand
German Name
Japanisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Germans
Origin
1185
6th Century AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
nucl1643
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Japanese and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and German Speaking population
Japanese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Japanese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and German Language Codes
Japanese and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.