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About Japanese

Native name: 日本語
ISO code: ISO 639-1: ja · ISO 639-3: jpn
Language family: Japonic
Script: Japanese (kanji and kana)
Native speakers: 123 million
Second-language speakers: 0.1 million
Official language in: Japan

Official language Also spoken

Japanese is written with a mix of Chinese characters (kanji) and two syllabaries (hiragana and katakana). Politeness levels (keigo) are built into the grammar.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025