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Spanish and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Japan   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Palau   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
22   
12

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)   
hola   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
Buenos Días   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Por Favor   

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

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
adiós   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
日本語   
Español   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
japonais   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Japanisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1185   
210 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   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
8   
8
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
spa   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Japanese and Spanish Speaking population

Japanese and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Japanese vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Spanish Language Codes

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

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