Language:  Japanese

Population of Groups Speaking

120,575,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

50

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(50 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Burakumin Japan 864,000
 Eurasian Japan 123,000
 Japanese United Arab Emirates 4,600
 Japanese American Samoa 800
 Japanese Argentina 38,000
 Japanese Australia 60,000
 Japanese Austria 2,000
 Japanese Belgium 4,800
 Japanese Bolivia 14,000
 Japanese Canada 93,000
 Japanese Brazil 380,000
 Japanese Sri Lanka 2,500
 Japanese China 6,900 ☀︎
 Japanese Northern Mariana Islands 700
 Japanese Denmark 1,800
 Japanese Dominica 800
 Japanese Finland 1,800
 Japanese Micronesia, Federated States 800
 Japanese France 31,000
 Japanese Dominican Republic 1,700
 Japanese Germany 36,000
 Japanese Guam 2,400
 Japanese Greece 1,000
 Japanese China, Hong Kong 9,800
 Japanese Indonesia 14,000
 Japanese Italy 6,200
 Japanese Korea, South 52,000
 Japanese Mexico 5,600
 Japanese Malaysia 16,000
 Japanese Japan 117,656,000
 Japanese Netherlands 5,800
 Japanese New Zealand 25,000
 Japanese Paraguay 7,200
 Japanese Panama 2,300
 Japanese Portugal 700
 Japanese Palau 1,100
 Japanese Marshall Islands 300
 Japanese Philippines 2,900
 Japanese Singapore 38,000
 Japanese Russia 16,000
 Japanese Spain 6,200
 Japanese Sweden 2,700
 Japanese Switzerland 5,300
 Japanese Thailand 71,000
 Japanese Taiwan 14,000
 Japanese United Kingdom 25,000
 Japanese United States 860,000
 Japanese Samoa 1,500 ☀︎
 Japanese Vietnam 10,000
Judeo-Japanese Japan 49,000
  Totals:  50     46
SECONDARY Language
(5 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Ainu (Japan) Japan 13,000
 Japanese, Brazilian Japan 259,000
 Jewish, English-speaking Japan 2,000
 Okinawan, Ryukyuan Japan 1,151,000
 Palauan Palau 10,000
  Totals:  5     3

Language Alternate Names
Nikkei
Zu-zu-ben

Dialects
Eastern Japanese
Hachijojima
Kyushu
Western Japanese

Dialect Alternate Names
Japanese: Eastern
Japanese: Western


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New Testament 1879-1993
Complete Bible 1883-2018
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