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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 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.
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japanese language words used chinese english also kanji sentence languages wa example subject modern form may use many characters hiragana
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese language | Dialects | Eastern | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Dialects | Western | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Dialects | Kyūshū | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Dialects | Hachijō | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Early forms | Old Japanese Early Middle Japanese Late Middle Japanese Early Modern Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Early forms | Early Middle Japanese Late Middle Japanese Early Modern Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Early forms | Late Middle Japanese Early Modern Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Early forms | Early Modern Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Ethnicity | Japanese (Yamato) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Glottolog | nucl1643 excluding Hachijo, Tsugaru, and Kagoshima japa1256 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | ISO 639-1 | ja | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | ISO 639-2 | jpn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | ISO 639-3 | jpn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Language family | InsularJapanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Language family | Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Linguasphere | 45-CAA-a | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Native speakers | 123 million (2020) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Native to | Japan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Official language in | Palau (on Angaur Island) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Pronunciation | [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Signed forms | Signed Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Writing system | Mixed scripts of kanji (Chinese characters) and kana (hiragana, katakana) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Japanese language | Writing system | Japanese Braille | 1.00 | infobox |
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