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Language Family and Writing System | |||
Writing System
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Japanese (four Scripts) | Latin | Cyrillic |
Script(s) Used
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(nihongo) | Polski / J Zyk Polski / Polszczyzna | (ukrajins'ka) |
Family
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Japonic | Indo-european | Indo-european |
Subgroup
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Japanese | Balto-slavic | Balto-slavic |
3 Letter Code
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Jpn | Pol | Ukr |
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Number of Speakers | |||
Number of Native speakers (millions)
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125 million |
44 million |
41 million |
Native Speakers as % of World
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2.7 % |
1 % |
0.9 % |
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
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130 million |
50 million |
47 million |
Total Speakers as % of World
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1.7 % |
0.7 % |
0.6 % |
Language Systems | |||
Noun declensions
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None | Seven Cases | None |
Sequence
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Sov | Svo | Svo |
Tonal
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No | No | No |
Agglutinative language
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Yes | No | No |
Geographic Distribution | |||
Official language in
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Japan Palau Poland Ukraine |
Japan Palau Poland Ukraine |
Japan Palau Poland Ukraine |
Official Language of United Nations
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No | No | No |
Countries Spoken In
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Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Palau | Poland, Czech Rep., Germany, Israel, Romania, Slovakia | Ukraine, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia |
No. of Countries Spoken In
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4 |
6 |
7 |
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