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Italian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Japan   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Europe   

Minority Language
Palau   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
16   
6

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
ciao   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
grazie   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Come stai?   

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

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
buonasera   

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

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
buongiorno   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
scusate   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
日本語   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Italiano   

French Name
japonais   
italien   

German Name
Japanisch   
Italienisch   

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Italians   

History

Origin
1185   
960 BC   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Italian   

Language Position
8   
8
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
ita   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Japanese and Italian Speaking population

Japanese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Japanese and Italian on Japanese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Italian Language Codes

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

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