Japanese+language
1Japanese language — Japanese 日本語 Nihongo Nihongo (Japanese) in Japanese script Pronunciation …
2Japanese language — Language spoken by about 125 million people on the islands of Japan, including the Ryukyus. The only other language of the Japanese archipelago is Ainu (see Ainu), now spoken by only a handful of people on Hokkaido, though once much more… …
3Japanese language education in the United States — began in the late 19th century, aimed mainly at Japanese American children and conducted by parents and community institutions; over the course of the next century, it would slowly expand to include non Japanese as well as native speakers (mainly …
4Japanese language education in India — has experienced a boom in recent years, helping it to begin to catch up with foreign languages more traditionally popular among Indians, such as French and German. A 2006 survey by the Japan Foundation showed 369 teachers teaching 11,011 students …
5Japanese Language Proficiency Test — Certificate of Proficiency awarded for passing the Level N1 JLPT conducted in 2010. The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験, Nihongo Nōryoku Shiken …
6Japanese language education in Russia — formally dates back to December 1701 or January 1702, when Dembei, a shipwrecked Japanese merchant, was taken to Moscow and ordered to begin teaching the language as soon as possible.cite journal|last=Lensen|first=George Alexander|title=The… …
7Japanese language education in Vietnam — first became widespread during the Empire of Vietnam, which was set up as a puppet state after Japan s 1941 World War II invasion of French Indochina. However, after Japan s 1945 surrender and withdrawal from Vietnam, there was little further… …
8Japanese language education in Mongolia — formally dates back to 1975, when the National University of Mongolia established an elective course in Japanese language. A 2003 survey found 199 teachers teaching 9,080 students of Japanese at 67 different institutions.cite web|publisher=The… …
9Japanese language education in Kazakhstan — dates back to 1992; the Japan Foundation s 2006 survey showed 51 teachers teaching the language to 1,569 students at thirteen institutions in Kazakhstan; the number of students increased by 38% as compared to the 2003 survey and more than triple… …
10Japanese language education in Thailand — formally dates back to the 1960s, when Thai universities began to establish Japanese language courses. A 2006 survey by the Japan Foundation found 1,153 teachers teaching the language to 71,083 students at 385 institutions; the number of students …
