Japanese

E4278

Japonic language language national language

Japanese is the national language of Japan, a Japonic language known for its complex writing system combining kanji and kana.

Aliases (5)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japonic language → language → national language →
country	Japan →
hasDialects	Hokkaido dialect → Kansai dialect → Kyushu dialect → Okinawan Japanese → Tohoku dialect →
hasGrammarFeature	agglutinative morphology → particles → postpositions → subject–object–verb word order → topic–comment structure →
hasHonorificSystem	honorific speech →
hasISO639-1Code	ja →
hasISO639-2Code	jpn →
hasISO639-3Code	jpn →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Chinese → Dutch → English → Portuguese →
hasNativeName	日本語 →
hasPhonologicalFeature	pitch accent →
hasPolitenessLevel	kenjougo → sonkeigo → teineigo →
hasPolitenessSystem	keigo →
hasStandardForm	Standard Japanese →
hasSyllabary	gojūon →
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right → top-to-bottom →
isMajorityLanguageIn	Japan →
isOfficialLanguageOf	Japan →
isSpokenIn	Australia → Brazil → Hawaii → Japan → Peru → United States →
languageFamily	Japonic languages →
scriptType	logographic → syllabic →
standardBasedOn	Tokyo dialect →
usesKanaFor	grammatical elements → native Japanese words →
usesKanjiFrom	Chinese characters →
usesKatakanaFor	emphasis → loanwords → onomatopoeia →
writingSystem	hiragana → kanji → katakana →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
English in the Northern Mariana Islands ("Japanese language") → Hokkaido dialect of Japanese ("Standard Japanese") → Okinawan Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	influencedBy
Japonic languages ("Old Japanese") → Japonic languages ("Modern Japanese") →	hasHistoricalStage
Nauruan → Saipan Carolinian →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Hokkaido dialect of Japanese ("Japanese language") → Okinawan Japanese ("Japanese language") →	subfamily
Hira ("Japanese language") → Hiragana ("Japanese language") →	writingSystemOf
Nagoya Institute of Technology ("JP") →	countryAbbreviation
Osaka dialect ("Standard Japanese") →	differsFrom
Okinawan Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	distinctFrom
Okinawan Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	hasDialectContinuumWith
Brazilian Portuguese ("Japanese language") →	hasInfluenceFrom
Kosraean language ("Japanese language") →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	hasStandardForm
Japonic languages ("Japanese language") →	hasSubfamily
Osaka dialect ("Japanese language") →	languageFamily
Koizumi ("Japanese language") →	languageOfOrigin
Kanji ("Japanese language") →	languageOfUse
Aniplex →	languageOfWorkOrName
Akio Morita →	languageSpoken
Hokkaido dialect of Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	mutualIntelligibilityWith
Hinomaru →	officialLanguageOfName
Kyushu dialect ("Japanese language") →	partOf
Classical Japanese ("Modern Japanese") →	precedes
Hokkaido dialect of Japanese ("Standard Japanese") →	sharesFeatureWith