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Japan

Region:Asia
Capital:
Population:127,463,611
Area (sq km):377,801
GRN Office:
FIPS Country Code:JA
ISO Country Code:JP

Map of Japan

Map of Japan

Languages spoken in Japan

Listed here are the primary and alternate names of the languages and dialects of Japan. An icon next to the name indicates that there are GRN recordings available in that language.

Found 87 language names.


Ainu Itak (see Itak)

Ainu: Sakhalin

Ainu: Tsishima

Amami-oshima, Northern

Amami-oshima, Northern: Naze

Amami-oshima, Northern: Sani

Amami-oshima, Southern

Anglit (see ENGLISH: USA) Recorded language

Eastern Japanese (see Japanese: Eastern Japanese)

East Oki-no-erabu (see Oki-no-erabu: East Oki-no-erabu)

ENGLISH: USA Recorded language

Hateruma (see Yaeyama: Hateruma)

Hatoma (see Yaeyama: Hatoma)

Hirara (see Miyako: Miyako-jima)

Irabu-jima (see Miyako: Irabu-jima)

Ishigaki (see Yaeyama: Ishigaki)

Itak

JAPANESE Recorded language

Japanese: Eastern Japanese

Japanese: Western Japanese

Kabira (see Yaeyama: Kabira)

Kametsu (see Toku-no-shima: Kametsu)

Kikai

Kikai: Onotsu

Kohama (see Yaeyama: Kohama)

Kudaka (see Okinawan, Central: Kudaka)

Kunigami

Kunigami: Nago

Kuroshima (see Yaeyama: Kuroshima)

Luchu (see OKINAWAN) Recorded language

Miyako

Miyako: Irabu-jima

Miyako-jima (see Miyako: Miyako-jima)

Miyako: Miyako-jima

Miyako: Tarama-minna

Nago (see Kunigami: Nago)

Naha (see Okinawan, Central: Naha)

Naze (see Amami-oshima, Northern: Naze)

Northern Amami-Osima (see Amami-oshima, Northern)

Ogami (see Miyako: Miyako-jima)

OKINAWAN Recorded language

Okinawan, Central (see OKINAWAN) Recorded language

Okinawan, Central: Kudaka

Okinawan, Central: Naha

Okinawan, Central: Shuri

Okinawan, Central: Torishima

Oki-no-erabu

Oki-no-erabu: East Oki-no-erabu

Oki-no-erabu: West Oki-no-erabu

Onotsu (see Kikai: Onotsu)

Oosima (see Amami-oshima, Northern)

Oroc (see Orok)

Orok

Oshima (see Amami-oshima, Northern)

Osima (see Amami-oshima, Northern)

Saghilin (see Ainu: Sakhalin)

Sakhalin (see Ainu: Sakhalin)

Sani (see Amami-oshima, Northern: Sani)

Sekgoa (see ENGLISH: USA) Recorded language

Shiraho (see Yaeyama: Shiraho)

Shuri (see Okinawan, Central: Shuri)

Sonai (see Yaeyama: Sonai)

Southern Amami-Osima (see Amami-oshima, Southern)

Taketomi (see Yaeyama: Taketomi)

Tarama-minna (see Miyako: Tarama-minna)

Toku-no-shima

Toku-no-shima: Kametsu

Torishima (see Okinawan, Central: Torishima)

Tsishima (see Ainu: Tsishima)

Uilta (see Orok)

Ujlta (see Orok)

Ulta (see Orok)

Western Japanese (see Japanese: Western Japanese)

West Oki-no-erabu (see Oki-no-erabu: West Oki-no-erabu)

Yaeyama

Yaeyama: Hateruma

Yaeyama: Hatoma

Yaeyama: Ishigaki

Yaeyama: Kabira

Yaeyama: Kohama

Yaeyama: Kuroshima

Yaeyama: Shiraho

Yaeyama: Sonai

Yaeyama: Taketomi

Yayeyama (see Yaeyama)

Yonaguni

Yoron