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Japanese is generally regarded as being one of the Japonic languages, of which there are not very many -- just two, in fact: Japanaese and Ryukyuan.

The wider classification of Japonic is the subject of a deal of controversy, If you are interested in pursuing this further, start by taking a look at the Wikipedia article "Classification of Japonic".

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