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 wil l 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.

10 Facts about

JAPAN

1.

Japanese is the 9th most common language

in the world.

2. Japanese is spoken by about

125 million speakers, primarily in Japan, where it is the

national language.

3. Japanese is also spoken as a

second language by the Chinese and the Korean people

who lived under Japanese occupation in the last century.

CHINA

North

Korea

South

Korea

4. There are

> 100 dialects of the Japanese language

5. Some of these dialects

(the Ryukyuan languages) could be considered a

separate language

6. However,

Standard Japanese is well understood

throughout Japan.

7. Japanese has a fully developed system of

honorific language to show varying levels of respect.

Its use is mandatory in many social situations.

8. Women are more likely to use

polite forms of address

in spoken Japanese than men.

9. Japanese speakers comprise

the 3rd-largest language group on the Internet.

10. Almost 10%

of all Internet users are estimated to be

Japanese.

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