Language · Japonic
Japanese
日本語 – its own name
Official or co-official in 1 country. Listed in 4 countries.
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 118 million
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Family
- Japonic
- Script
- Japanese
Where it is spoken
- Official 1
- Minority 3
Official
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Japan
95%
117 million (de facto)
No law makes Japanese the official language, but it is in practice.