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For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.
Apr 23, 2023 · Japanese Wikipedia is the 12th largest Wikipedia in terms of number of articles, having 1,303,943 articles as of 8 December, 2021. It became active at the end of January 2003 when the Wired News covered English Wikipedia and the news was translated into Japanese.
Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.
The Japanese Wikipedia ( Japanese: ウィキペディア日本語版) is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in September 2002. It is the 13th largest edition by article count. [1] As of November 5, 2016, it has over 1,036,000 articles. [2]
The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. 'Japanese-language version of Wikipedia') is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008.
The Japanese language ( Japanese: 日本語, romanized : Nihongo) is the official language of Japan, in East Asia. Japanese belongs to the Japonic language family, which also includes the endangered Ryukyuan languages. One theory says Japanese and Korean are related, but most linguists no longer think so.
This page is designed to answer questions regarding Japanese and its use on Wikipedia. If you have trouble viewing Japanese, please see the Help:Installing Japanese character sets page for assistance for your particular operating system.
