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Katakana
Katakana (片仮名, カタカナ or かたかな) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji.
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Japanese Language
Japanese (日本語, [nihoŋɡo] ( listen)) is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family. There are a number of proposed relationships...
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Ainu Language
Ainu (Ainu: アイヌ イタク, aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語 ainu-go; Cyrillic alphabet: Айну итак) is an Ainu language spoken by members of the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō.
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Okinawan language
Okinawan (沖縄口 [ʔutɕinaːɡuti]; Okinawan: uchinaa-guchi, Japanese: okinawa-guchi) is a Ryukyuan language (or dialect) spoken in Japan on the southern island of Okinawa, as well as the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kume-jima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a...
Palauan Language
Palauan (also spelled Belauan) is one of the two nationally recognized official languages spoken in the Republic of Palau (the other being English). It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages...
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Middle Japanese
Late Middle Japanese (中世日本語, chūsei nihongo) is a stage of the Japanese language following Early Middle Japanese and preceding Modern Japanese. It is a period of transition in which the language sheds many of its archaic features and becomes closer...
