10 interesting facts about the languages spoken in Japan.

1. 10 Facts about
JAPAN
The Japanese are very interesting people. Their unique culture has developed in relative
isolation due to the mountainous and island-based nature of the country. As the Summer
Olympics from 2020 will take place in Tokyo, thousands of people are expected to travel
to Japan. If you're one of them, or if you just want to visit this country some day, here are
a few things that you should know about the Japanese.

2. 10 Facts about
JAPAN

3. 1.
th
Japanese is the 9
most common language
in the world.

4. 2.
Japanese is spoken by about
125 million
primarily in
Japan,
speakers,
where it is
national language.
the

5. 3.
CHINA
Japanese
is also spoken as a
second language
by the
Chinese
and the
Korean people
who lived under Japanese occupation
in the last century.
North
Korea
South
Korea

6. 4.
There are
> 100 dialects
of the
Japanese language

7. 5.
Some of these dialects
(the Ryukyuan languages)
could be considered a
separate language

8. 6.
However,
Standard Japanese
is well understood
throughout Japan.

9. 7.
Japanese has a fully developed system of
honorific language
to show varying
Its use is
levels of respect.
mandatory
in many social situations.

10. 8.
Women
are more likely to use
polite forms of address
in spoken Japanese than men.

11. 9.
Japanese
the
speakers comprise
3rd-largest language
group on the Internet.

12. 10.
Almost
of
10%
all Internet users
are estimated to be
Japanese.

13. 10 Facts about
JAPAN
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