Japanese

Summary

Japanese is a natural language^[1]. Japanese ranks in the top 0.55% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,652 views/month, #4 of 734).^[2]

Key Facts

• Japanese is identified as part of the Japanese people ethnic group^[3].
• Japanese is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Japanese's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Japanese's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Japanese is a type of Japonic^[7].
• Japanese's writing system is recorded as kanji^[8].
• Japanese's writing system is recorded as kana^[9].
• Japanese's writing system is recorded as katakana^[10].
• Japanese's writing system is recorded as hiragana^[11].
• Japanese's Commons category is recorded as Japanese language^[12].
• Japanese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ja^[13].
• Japanese's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36, 'lon': 138}^[14].
• Japanese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese language^[15].
• Japanese's language regulatory body is recorded as Kokugo Shingikai^[16].
• Japanese's language regulatory body is recorded as Council for Cultural Affairs^[17].
• Japanese's language regulatory body is recorded as Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology^[18].
• Japanese's language regulatory body is recorded as Agency for Cultural Affairs^[19].
• Japanese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+128000000'}^[20].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[23].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[26].
• Japanese's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Japanese is a type of Japonic^[7].

Why It Matters

Japanese ranks in the top 0.55% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,652 views/month, #4 of 734).^[2] Japanese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Japanese is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Japanese has been cited as an influence by English^[30], a natural language^[31], in American Samoa^[32]; Indonesian^[33], a language^[34], in Indonesia^[35]; Singlish^[36], a creole^[37], in Singapore^[38]; and Globasa^[39], an international auxiliary language^[40], founded in 2019^[41].

FAQs

Who did Japanese influence?

Japanese has been cited as an influence by English^[30], Indonesian^[33], Singlish^[36], and Globasa^[39].