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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Altaic |
| Branch: Japanese |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Japan |
| Region: Throughout the country. Also spoken in 26 other countries including American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Guam, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines. JAPANESE, SIGN: None |
| Countries Where Spoken: 121,050,000 in Japan (1985). Population total all countries: 122,433,899. Taiwan. JAPANESE, SIGN: 317,000 (1986 Gallaudet Univ.) |
| Countries Where Official: Japan |
| Native Speakers: 121,050,000 |
| Speakers Total: 122,433,899 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 14 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 14 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 157 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 819 |
| Three Letter Code: JPN |
| Alternative Names: SHUWA, TEMANE |
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| Summary: Possibly related to Korean. The Kagoshima dialect is 84% cognate with Tokyo dialect. National language. Grammar. SOV; postpositions; demonstrative, numeral, adjective, possessive, relative clause, proper noun precede noun head; adverb precedes verb; sentence final question particle; CV. Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji (Chinese character) writing systems. Buddhist, Shintoist. Bible 1883-1987. JAPANESE, SIGN: Related to Taiwanese and Korean sign languages. Over 95% of the deaf understand Japanese Sign Language. 107 deaf schools. The first school was in Kyoto in 1878. 'Temane' is the former name. Pidgin Signed Japanese is different. Pidgin Signed Japanese is used often in formal situations, lectures, speeches. 80% of the deaf understand finger spelling. TV. |
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