Countries
Japan
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.