Country
Languages of Japan
The Linguasphere Register records 5 entries for Japan, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
5Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
0Language entries
4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN
Register entries recorded in Japan
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
44= | CENTRAL-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with … |
45= | EAST-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "East-Asia" reference area, composed of sets not covered in any phylozone, part of the "wider Altaic … |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
79= | SINITIC | Zone | Covers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.