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Japanese

日本語

At BFSU, Japanese is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Japan, Brazil, Canada

NATIVE NAME
日本語
WRITING SYSTEM
Japanese writing system
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Japanese connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈117.6M

Japanese is spoken across 3 countries and territories.

No. 14 of 101 languages · No. 42 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. East Asia

    01

    Japan

  2. The Americas

    02

    BrazilCanada

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Japan, Brazil, and Canada to education, literature and media, Japanese carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Japanese within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Japanese writing system; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

SOURCE TRAIL

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