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Bookmark or Share- Japanese language - WikipediaJapanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.
- An Overview of Japanese History - Travel JapanJapan’s mythological first emperor, Jimmu, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, is said to have begun his reign and founded the country’s imperial dynasty in 660 BCE. In the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) dating from 700 CE, Jimmu is held to have led an expedition eastward from Kyushu, subduing tribes until he reached the Yamato ...
- Japanese language - New World EncyclopediaJapanese is the de facto official language of Japan, which is the only country to have Japanese as an official working language. There is a form of the language considered standard: hyōjungo (標準語, standard Japanese), or kyōtsūgo (共通語, the common language).
- Learn Japanese with The Japanese PageThe Japanese Page provides quality Japanese lessons and materials (videos, podcasts, PDFs, articles) to help students learn Japanese.
- Japan - Ethnicity, Religion, Language | BritannicaJapanese is the national language, and Ainu is almost extinct. The Japanese language is generally included in the Altaic linguistic group and is especially akin to Korean, although the vocabularies differ. Some linguists also contend that Japanese contains elements of Southeast Asian languages.
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