Language code: ja
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ja
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The table below provides technical details for the Japanese language, designated by the ja code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Japanese Native 日本語 |
| Family | Japonic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Plural rules | |
| Language varieties | Eastern JapaneseWestern JapaneseKyushu JapaneseHachijoHokkaido Japanese |
| Related languages | OkinawanAmamiMiyakoYaeyama |
| Key facts | Written with a mix of kanji, hiragana, and katakanaSentence order is normally subject–object–verbEmploys a pitch-accent system rather than stressHas an elaborate set of honorific and humble forms to show social relationsAdopts many modern loanwords from English, rendered in katakana |
| Sample phrase | こんにちは、お元気ですか？ |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Japanese belongs to the Japonic language family. It is the de facto official language of Japan. Also, it is used in some parts of Palau. Japanese is written using a mix of Kanji (Chinese characters) and Kana scripts (Hiragana and Katakana). It is estimated that there are more than 120 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
120M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Japanese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
ja-JP – Japanese (Japan)
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
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- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ