日本語 (Japanese) Linguistical data Return to language index

A language spoken natively by approximately 122 million people.

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Language map for Japanese (日本語)

Varieties / Dialects

Eastern Japanese,
Western Japanese,
Zu-zu-ben,

Accents

Standard,
Mild,
Tokyo,

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Where is it spoken?

Spoken mainly in Japan (Asia) and these other places:

America

United States,
Brazil,
Canada,
Mexico,

Europe

United Kingdom,

Pacific

Australia,

Asia

Taiwan,

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