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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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