Japanese is the national language and the only one really used. However, there are many regional dialects such as the one spoken in Osaka, which sometimes has radically different words than those in standard Japanese.
Writing
Hiragana (ひらがな)- Japan's own original Writing system
Katakana (カタカナ) Another writing system
Kanji (漢字)- Chinese characters used in Japanese
The main language is Japanese. However a lot of people can speak some level of English. Other languages are taught just as they are anywhere in the world ranging from Korean to Spanish.
Japan has no official language, however Japanese is the most widely spoken. Other languages in Japan include: Aynu itak, Ryukyuan languages, and several other dialects of Japanese.
Japanese is the only official language of Japan, though English is widely taught up to high school. Individual Japanese may be fluent in any number of languages, or speak only Japanese. It is entirely variable from person to person.
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There are countless dialects within Japan that are all different from Standard Japanese (the Japanese spoken in Tokyo). There's also the Ainu languages which are spoken by the native inhabitants of Japan, the Ainu people, and also the Okinawan language.
Japanese is the language of Japan, spoken by more than 130 million people.
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They speak Nihongo (Japanese-日本語) which is their native language. Some English is spoken in tourist areas.
The main language in Tokyo, or Japan in general, is Japanese. Many people know English to some extent, but few are fluent. There are also a handful of Japanese who know Chinese and Korean.
Other languages spoken by Japanese people are quite rare. Foreigners are exceptions; Chinese, Korean, Indian, German, French, Italian, you name it.
Japanese is the only official language of Japan, and the only language widely spoken in all parts of Japan. Additional languages spoken by individuals will vary across the board, depending on what languages they have chosen to study.
Almost everyone knows little to a lot of English because they start learning it in the second year of junior high school (7th grade).
The language most widely spoken in Tokyo is Japanese.
English, Korean, and various dialects of Chinese are also spoken by many, but more often in private than in public. (Chinese, Koreans, and persons from countries dominated by English comprise the majority of non-Japanese living in Tokyo, and many signs and public services allow or have some use of Chinese, Korean, or English).
Tokyo is a very large city, however, so it is possible to hear scores, if not hundreds, of other languages used, including, if you want to stretch the usage of "spoken" to include it, shuwa, or Japanese sign language.
There is no official language in Japan, however, Japaneseis the national language, spoken by nearly everyone. Japanese is divided into a large number of dialects with the Tokyo dialect considered standard Japanese.
Here is a list of all 16 languages spoken in Japan:
Other foreign languages spoken in Japan include:
The sign languages are:
Japanese sign language is the standard sign language of the country. Amami Ōshima Sign Language is only used on the island of Amami Ōshima.
Japan has no official language, however Japanese is the most widely spoken. Other languages in Japan include: Aynu itak, Ryukyuan languages, and several other dialects of Japanese.
Japanese is the National Language of Japan.
There are about 15 minority languages in Japan, after Japanese, but none of them can be considered the "second" language of Japan.
For more information about all of the languages of Japan, click here.
Japanese is only spoken in significant numbers in Japan. But it is widely used by Japanese immigrants all over the world, especially:
Technically, no. However there are countless dialects within Japan that are all different from Standard Japanese (the Japanese spoken in Tokyo). There's also the Ainu languages which are spoken by the native inhabitants of Japan, the Ainu people, and also the Okinawan language.
Japanese is spoken in Japan although there are lots of Japanese people all over the world.
The official Language spoken in Tokyo is Japanese. However English is also widely spoken.
I am pretty sure they speak Japanese... Nagasaki is in Japan.
The people of the Kantō region still speak Japanese. There are quite a few different dialects spoken within the Kantō region including that of Tokyo (which standard Japanese is based off), the dialect of Tochigi and also the Tohoku dialect.
It's in the east of the middle of the country.
There are many languages spoken in Japan, but Japanese is by far the most spoken and official language and practically all Japanese citizens and many temporary residents speak it. Minority languages in Japan include Okinawan (spoken on Okinawa Island by many island natives), Korean (by the relatively large Korean immigrant population), and Ryukyuan languages spoken by natives of the Ryukyu Islands south of the main Japanese islands. English is limited to major cities or tourist areas although it is taught in secondary schools.
Spoken languages are languages that are spoken by people for communication. They involve vocalization and sound production to convey meaning, as opposed to written languages, which use visual symbols for communication. There are thousands of spoken languages used around the world.
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo is capital of Japan.
Yes, it certainly is! It's the capital of Japan, which is in East Asia =)
Japan's capital city is Tokyo
No, the capital of Japan is Tokyo.