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Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) 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.
- Classification of The Japonic Languages
The classification of the Japonic languages and their...
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The name for Japan in Japanese is written using the kanji 日本...
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Active. The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia...
- Classical Japanese
The classical Japanese language (文語 bungo, "literary...
- Languages of Japan
History. Ryūkyūan languages. Ainu languages. Orok language....
- Classification of The Japonic Languages
Apr 18, 2024 · Japanese language, a language isolate (i.e., a language unrelated to any other language) and one of the world’s major languages, with more than 127 million speakers in the early 21st century.
- Masayoshi Shibatani
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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.
- 125 million (2010)
- /nihoɴɡo/: [ɲihoŋɡo], [ɲihoŋŋo]
Japanese 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.
