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Japanese Language



Countries
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Countries
Japan 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Japan 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific 0

Minority Language
Palau 0

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education 0

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.
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Similar To
Korean Language 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
99 40

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
14 4

Scripts
Kana 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
5 4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks 13

Greetings
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) 0

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō) 0

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?) 0

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai) 0

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa) 0

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!) 0

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō) 0

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu) 0

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai) 0

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara) 0

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu) 0

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Sanuki 0

Where They Speak
Kagawa 0

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00 28

Dialect 2
Hakata 0

Where They Speak
Fukuoka 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Kansai 0

Where They Speak
kansai 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
31 25

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million 14

Speaking Population
1.90 % 10

Native Speakers
128.00 million 9

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
日本語 0

Alternative Names
Not Available 0

French Name
japonais 0

German Name
Japanisch 0

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo] 0

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato) 0

History
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Origin
1185 0

Language Family
Japonic Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese 0

Standard Forms
Japanese 0

Language Position
8 8

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
ja 0

ISO 639 2
0

ISO 639 2/T
jpn 0

ISO 639 2/B
jpn 0

ISO 639 3
jpn 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
nucl1643 0

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic 0

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Origin of Japanese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Japanese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Japanese language states that it was put to use in 1185. The history of Japanese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Japanese Language History.The evolution of Japanese language began with early forms such as Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese. Japanese is the standard form of Japanese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Japanese Language.

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Japanese population

Japanese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Japanese language. Japanese language is spoken by 128.00 million people in the world. Most of the Japanese population lies in the Japanese Speaking Countries. Japanese language is spoken as first language by 128.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Japanese as second language. Get to know Japanese speaking population in detail.

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Japanese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Japanese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Japanese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Kana script is used by Japanese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Japanese language

Check out all the information about Japanese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Japanese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Japanese Speaking Countries, Japanese speaking continents and Japanese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Japanese countries knowing common Japanese Greetings will help you in communicating with Japanese people.

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