Japanese

Image from UCLA LMP

Facts

• Spoken by: 121 million people
• Geographic center: Japan
• Subdivision: None
• Online resource: UCLA Language Material Project

Introduction
Japanese is a language isolate, spoken by 121,000,000 people in Japanese archipelago. There are small Japanese communities in American Samoa, Hawaii, North and South America, Europe and Australia.

Language sample
Click play below to hear a greeting in Japanese

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