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   Where did the Japanese language come from?

   • Proto-Japonic, the common ancestor of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages, is thought to have been brought to Japan by settlers coming from the Korean peninsula sometime in the early- to mid-4th century BC (the Yayoi period ), replacing the languages of the original Jōmon inhabitants, including the ancestor of the modern Ainu language.

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   Is Japanese a Japanese language?

   • Japanese is a member of the Japonic language family, which also includes the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the Ryukyu Islands. As these closely related languages are commonly treated as dialects of the same language, Japanese is sometimes called a language isolate.

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   Is old Japanese a Japanese language?

   • Old Japanese was an early member of the Japonic language family. No genetic links to other language families have been proven. Old Japanese was written using man'yōgana, using Chinese characters as syllabograms or (occasionally) logograms.

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   Is Japanese a second language?

   • It is primarily spoken throughout the Japanese archipelago; there are also some 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and their descendants living abroad, mainly in North and South America, who have varying degrees of proficiency in Japanese. Since the mid-20th century, no nation other than Japan has used Japanese as a first or a second language.

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   2 days ago · 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.

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   May 6, 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.

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   May 8, 2024 · The database provides access to a wide range of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources, including: Encyclopedia Nipponica; Nihon kokugo daijiten, an unabridged dictionary of the Japanese language; Kokushi daijiten, an encyclopedia of Japanese history; Nihon jinmei daijiten, a biographical dictionary of Japan; and full-text books in ...

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   Apr 25, 2024 · ウィキペディア | Japanese Wikipedia. LOC Japanese Romanization System. Guide for romanizing Japanese text into the Roman alphabet / word division. From the Library of Congress. Jisho.org. Online Japanese-English dictionary. Search for words, kanji, example sentences, and more. Weblio. Online Japanese dictionary and thesaurus.