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== error in Spanish example ==
The translation of "vuestra merced" is incorrect. It is correctly translated to English as "your mercy". I'd fix it myself but don't have edit permissions on the page.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.20.150.255|24.20.150.255]] ([[User talk:24.20.150.255#top|talk]]) 05:08, 13 July 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== The Phonology needs a table ==

I noticed the phonology doesn't have the consonants or vowels anywhere, like it normally does. The tables should be copied from the phonology page into this one. [[User:Ewokpedia|Ewokpedia]] ([[User talk:Ewokpedia|talk]]) 17:35, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

:I added the tables. [[User:Rourensu|Rourensu]] ([[User talk:Rourensu|talk]]) 20:32, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

== Fixing Confusing Typo in Early Modern Japanese Section. ==

This is what the article looks like as I post this comment:

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| '''Early Modern Japanese'''
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Early Modern Japanese, not to be confused with Modern Japanese, was the dialect used after the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Because the two languages are extremely similar, Early Modern Japanese is commonly referred to as Modern Japanese. Early Modern Japanese gradually evolved into Modern Japanese during the 19th century. Only after 1945, shortly after World War II,  did Modern Japanese become the standard language, seeing use in most official communications.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Language Adaptation|last=Coulmas|first=Florian|publisher=Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge|year=1989|isbn=978-0-521-36255-9|page=107}}</ref> In this time period the Japanese in addition to their use of Katakana and Hiragana also used traditional Chinese characters called "[[Chinese characters|Han]]" which later developed in "Kanji" which is a form of writing used to express ideas in the Japanese and Chinese languages.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese : A Companion to Grammata Serica Recensa|last=Schuessler|first=Axel|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8248-3264-3|location=Honolulu}}</ref>
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| '''Modern Japanese'''
Modern Japanese is considered to begin with the [[Edo period]], which lasted between 1603 and 1868. Since Old Japanese, the de facto standard Japanese had been the [[Kansai dialect]], especially that of [[Kyoto]]. However, during the Edo period, Edo (now Tokyo) developed into the largest city in Japan, and the Edo-area dialect became standard Japanese. Since the end of [[Sakoku|Japan's self-imposed isolation]] in 1853, the flow of loanwords from European languages has increased significantly. The period since 1945 has seen a large number of words borrowed from other languages{{mdash}}such as German, Portuguese and English.<ref>Miura, Akira, ''English in Japanese'', Weatherhill, 1998.</ref> Many English loan words especially relate to technology{{mdash}}for example, ''pasokon'' (short for "personal computer"), ''intānetto'' ("internet"), and ''kamera'' ("camera"). Due to the large quantity of English loanwords, modern Japanese has developed a distinction between {{IPA|[tɕi]}} and {{IPA|[ti]}}, and {{IPA|[dʑi]}} and {{IPA|[di]}}, with the latter in each pair only found in loanwords.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Kathleen Currie|year=2013|contribution=Documenting phonological change: A comparison of two Japanese phonemic splits|editor-last=Luo|editor-first=Shan|title=Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association|chapter-url=http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~cla-acl/actes2013/Hall-2013.pdf}}</ref>
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I think this first sentence "Early Modern Japanese, not to be confused with Modern Japanese, was the dialect used after the Meiji Restoration." meant to say that ''Modern Japanese'' is "the dialect used after the Meiji Restoration." while ''Early Modern Japanese'' was used during the Edo era ''before'' the Meiji Restoration. That would agree more with the other sentences, as well as with the main article it links to.

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==Altaic is discredited==
Japanese is listed virtually everywhere as a language isolate. Altaic has been tossed into the wastebin, even by its creator. Lede needs to be updated accordingly.[[User:HammerFilmFan|HammerFilmFan]] ([[User talk:HammerFilmFan|talk]]) 03:21, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
:In my opinion, we shouldn't mention the Altaic language family in the lede, but we should briefly mention it in the article, without calling it "discredited". It's a minority point of view, but not really discredited. [[Roy Andrew Miller]]'s works are still well respected, and they thoroughly document a possible connection of Japanese to Altaic. This is a controversial subject that should be briefly noted in a neutral way in the article, but probably not the lede. [[User:Naomi.piquette|Naomi.piquette]] ([[User talk:Naomi.piquette|talk]]) 21:43, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
::Your opinion must be backed by sources - and even the developer of the Altaic theory has now disowned the theory!  Altaic is dead. [[Special:Contributions/50.111.51.247|50.111.51.247]] ([[User talk:50.111.51.247|talk]]) 14:45, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
:::The distinguished linguist [[Martine Robbeets]] published a scholarly work as recently as 2007 ("Is Japanese related to Korean, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic?"), which strongly supports the Altaic hypothesis. It was a detailed and fairly well-received work. The Altaic hypothesis is clearly alive and well, despite no longer being the majority theory.[[User:Naomi.piquette|Naomi.piquette]] ([[User talk:Naomi.piquette|talk]]) 20:13, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
== Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2020 ==

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That Japanese switched from Altaic to either isolate or unclassified [[User:Innominatvs|Innominatvs]] ([[User talk:Innominatvs|talk]]) 21:39, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
:Where does this page classify Japanese under Altaic?--[[User:Megaman en m|Megaman en m]] ([[User talk:Megaman en m|talk]]) 21:54, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
:{{pb}}{{Not done}}. It's not clear what changes you want to make. &ndash;[[User:Deacon Vorbis|Deacon Vorbis]]&nbsp;([[User Talk:Deacon Vorbis|carbon]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Deacon Vorbis|videos]]) 22:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
::Looking at Innominatvs's other edits one learns they were talking about the {{para|familycolor|Altaic}} part in {{tl|Infobox language}}. As the documentation of the template explains, however, it is not meant to be a genealogical claim. [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] ([[User talk:Nardog|talk]]) 09:16, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

==Phonology==
(ɲ) is in the alveolo-palatal column and i think the the /r/ in the table should be given as [ɾ~l~ɺ] and not just a liquid /r/  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:AleksiB 1945|AleksiB 1945]] ([[User talk:AleksiB 1945#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/AleksiB 1945|contribs]]) 05:07, 3 November 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:[ɲ] in Japanese ''is'' alveolo-palatal {{IPAblink|ɲ̟}}. The table is a table of phonemes and Japanese has only one liquid phoneme, which is represented as /r/ in literature. See [[Japanese phonology]]. [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] ([[User talk:Nardog|talk]]) 00:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
::{{ping|Nardog}} um ok so shouldnt it be a ȵ/n̠ʲ instead of [ɲ] and yes japanese has only 1 liquid but its not always /r/ thats why i said [ɾ~l~ɺ] [[User:AleksiB 1945|AleksiB 1945]] ([[User talk:AleksiB 1945|talk]]) 05:19, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
:::We don't need the diacritic because the only sound represented by {{angbr IPA|ɲ}} in transcription of Japanese is alveolo-palatal, much like we don't need a diacritc in {{angbr IPA|n}} because the only sound represented by it is denti-alveolar.
:::{{angbr IPA|r}} need not represent an alveolar trill in phonemic transcriptions (or even some allophonic ones). See the [https://books.google.com/books?id=33BSkFV_8PEC&pg=PA28 ''Handbook of the IPA'', pp. 28–30]. [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] ([[User talk:Nardog|talk]]) 15:28, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

== Two times Palau ==

Palau is mentioned in both "Official language in" and "Regional language in". Can someone fix this?  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2A01:73C0:502:ED53:0:0:3DD9:75DB|2A01:73C0:502:ED53:0:0:3DD9:75DB]] ([[User talk:2A01:73C0:502:ED53:0:0:3DD9:75DB#top|talk]]) 04:20, 27 November 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Japanese: Descriptive or prescriptive? ==

Could there be something added that says if Japanese is Descriptive or prescriptive and maybe has a discussion of the Descriptive language's history if it's Descriptive. I honestly don't know and that's why I'm requesting this please. Thank you. [[User:Punitdaga31|Punitdaga31]] ([[User talk:Punitdaga31|talk]]) 07:16, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
:What on earth is a "descriptive" or "prescriptive" language? There may be descriptive and prescriptive accounts, analyses, attitudes, policies, etc. regarding a language but I've never heard of a language itself being descriptive or prescriptive. Can you give us an example? [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] ([[User talk:Nardog|talk]]) 16:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2021 ==

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Please add a comma after the word "Palau," so that the last sentence in the first paragraph reads "It is also recognised minority language of [[Angaur]], a state of [[Palau]], and [[Singapore]]."

This corrects a small grammatical error and makes the sentences more clear. [[Special:Contributions/2601:547:A80:22C0:7426:CFC2:E13A:F09|2601:547:A80:22C0:7426:CFC2:E13A:F09]] ([[User talk:2601:547:A80:22C0:7426:CFC2:E13A:F09|talk]]) 21:16, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
: {{done}}. [[User:Ganbaruby|<span style="color:#960596">◢</span> <b><i style="background-color:#F7E3F7; color:#960596"> Ganbaruby! </i></b>]] <small>([[User talk:Ganbaruby|talk]])</small> 21:22, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

== Misleading Text ==

'Early Modern Japanese'
"...In this time period the Japanese in addition to their use of Katakana and Hiragana also used traditional Chinese characters called "Han" which later developed in "Kanji" which is a form of writing used to express ideas in the Japanese and Chinese languages."

This seems to imply than Chinese Characters only began to be used in the Early Modern period of Japanese (17th to 19th centuries) which is completely false. And it seems to imply that only Hiragana and Katakana was used beforehand. Or that Chinese Characters were used, then no longer used, then used again. It's complete nonsense no matter how you read it. 

This section really need to be reworked or completely removed, as it doesn't add anything. It seems to be very randomly placed, the use of Chinese characters is explained in the Old Japanese portion, and it is assumed for the rest of the timeline. And the explanation that Chinese Characters "is a form of writing used to express ideas in the Japanese and Chinese languages" is redundant, all writing systems are used to express ideas by their very definition. 

And the explanation of Kanji originating from "Han" is just poorly worded and explained. Why just 'Han'? The modern Mandarin name and commonly accepted English name 'Hànzì' would have made sense, instead of the incomplete term 'Han'. And in any case, this section is completely irrelevant to Early Modern Japanese when the use of Kanji was already explained in the Old Japanese section. [[User:Orange378474|Orange378474]] ([[User talk:Orange378474|talk]]) 16:40, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

: {{re|Orange378474}}
: It looks like [[User:AaronMerrell]] added that in {{diff||792812529|792604055|this edit}} in late July 2017.  They were briefly active from mid-June to end-July 2017, with no activity on any MediaWiki site since then (if [https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=AaronMerrell Global user contributions] is correct).  Their user page also states that they were ''"a student editor in [[Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Harvard_Summer_School/Introduction_to_Linguistics_(Summer)]]"'', which apparently lasted for about a week in late July 2017.
: Forensics aside, I just removed the problematic text, since it is out of place and incorrect, in addition to the grammatical problems.  ‑‑&nbsp;[[User:Eirikr|Eiríkr&nbsp;Útlendi]]&nbsp;│<sup>''[[User talk:Eirikr|Tala&nbsp;við&nbsp;mig]]''</sup> 18:28, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 11 January 2022 ==

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Grammatical error -- the word "who" was left out of a sentence:
"The listeners are all [[Keio University]] students grew up in the [[Kanto region]]."
should be
"The listeners are all [[Keio University]] students who grew up in the [[Kanto region]]." [[User:Curiouswiker|Curiouswiker]] ([[User talk:Curiouswiker|talk]]) 06:29, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
:[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_language&diff=1064988252&oldid=1064806133 Fixed]. --[[User:Pokechu22|Pokechu22]] ([[User talk:Pokechu22|talk]]) 06:32, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

== ''Hira'' and "flowing" ==

{{re|Canterbury Tail}} Regarding your {{diff||1083422099|1083420820|recent revert}} and edit comment, the ref {{diff||1083466449|1082902352|I'd added to the Hiragana article}} includes that:

<blockquote style="border:1px solid gray;padding:4px;margin-left:2em;">
<p>「かたかな」の「かた」は単に「片方」という意味ではなく、本来あるべきものが欠落しているという評価形容語と解すべきことはよく知られているが（亀井孝1941）、(7)としてまとめた対立関係から考えると、「ひらがな」も同様に「かな」の「ひら」という評価位置に存在するものと考えられる。</p><p>本国語大辞典「ひらがな」の説明は「ひら」を「角のない、通俗平易の意」とし、また「ひら」を前部要素とする複合語の形態素説明で、多くの辞書は「ひら」に「たいら」という意味を認める。</p><p>しかし、辞書の意味説明が必ずしも原義説明を欲してはいないことを知りつつも、野暮を承知でいうならば、これは「ひら」の原義（中核的意味）説明としては適当ではない。「ひら」は、「枚」や擬態語「ひらひら」などと同根の情態言とでもいうべき形態素／ pira ／であり、その中核的意味は、物理的／精神的な「薄さ」を示し、「たいら」はそこからの派生義と思われる。となると、「ひらがな」に物理的「薄さ」（thinness）は当然求められないので、「ひら」とはより精神的な表現に傾き、「かたかな」同様、「かな」から見て、ワンランク下であることを示す、いささか差別的・蔑視的ニュアンスを含む表現であったということになる。</p>
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<p>The "''kata''" in "''katakana''" does not mean just "one side", and it is well known (Takashi Kamei 1941) that it should be interpreted as a valuation epithet stating that something that should be there is missing, and considering the oppositional relationship summarized in figure (7), the word "''hiragana''" can be thought of in a valuation position as the "''hira''" kind of "''kana''".</p><p>The explanation of the term ''hiragana'' in the [[Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]] dictionary states that ''hira'' means "unangular, easy or plain", and descriptions of ''hira'' as a prefixing element in compounds as given in many dictionaries explain this ''hira'' as meaning "flat" (''taira'').</p><p>However, knowing that dictionary explanations of meaning do not always drive for the original senses, if we are to be brash, we might point out that this is not a fitting explanation of the original sense (core meaning) of ''hira''.  ''Hira'' is morpheme {{IPA|/pira/}}, cognate with words like {{nihongo_krt||枚|hira|"slip of paper, cloth, or something else flat"}} or {{nihongo_krt||ひらひら|hirahira|"flutteringly"}}, and the core meaning indicates physical or emotional "thinness", and ''taira'' ("flat") appears to be a derived meaning therefrom.  As such, we naturally cannot get physical "thinness" from ''hiragana'', so the ''hira'' leans more towards an emotional expression, and much like for ''katakana'', from the perspective of ''kana'', it indicates a lower relative ranking [relative to the [[kanji]]], and the expression contains a slight nuance of discrimination or contempt.</p>
</blockquote>

The [[Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]] entry mentioned in the ref is [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BB%AE%E5%90%8D-613766#E7.B2.BE.E9.81.B8.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.9B.BD.E8.AA.9E.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8 this one] (in Japanese).

The ''hira'' element appears as a root morpheme in Japanese adverbs ''hirari'' ("softly, lightly, gently") and ''hirahira'' ("flutteringly", implying an easygoing motion, generally not as violent as "flappingly").  C.f. [[Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]] entries for [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89-613943 {{lang|ja|ひらひら}} (''hirahira'')] and for [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%82%8A-613999 {{lang|ja|ひらり}} (''hirari'')] via Kotobank (in Japanese).  See also the ''hiru-'' element in ''hirugaeru'' ("to turn over", intransitive) and ''hirugaesu'' ("to turn over", transitive) [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%BF%BB%E3%83%BB%E9%A3%9C%E3%83%BB%E9%A3%84-2078831 here at Kotobank], again pointing to something thin and moving easily.

See also [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B9%B3-92188 the entry here] for {{nihongo_krt||平|hira}}, particularly noun sense [1]② towards the top (「なみであること。普通であること。特別でないこと。」 / "State of being common. State of being ordinary. State of not being special."), and prefix sense [2]② towards the bottom of the ''hira'' entry (「名詞の上に付けて、なみである、特別でないの意を表わす。」 / "Attaching to nouns, expresses a sense of being common, not being special."), in line with the ref's description of the term ''hiragana'' as including a mild pejorative nuance. 

A gloss of "flowing" for ''hira'' might be overstating the sense a bit in English; that said, there's a definite sense of light and free movement expressed in the ''hira-'' root, as also given in the Kotobank entry for ''hiragana'' in the phrase 「角のない」 ("unangular") -- as applied to handwriting, this points to "curvy" and "flowing" lines, much as in cursive.  I think that should be mentioned somewhere.

Cheers, ‑‑&nbsp;[[User:Eirikr|Eiríkr&nbsp;Útlendi]]&nbsp;│<sup>''[[User talk:Eirikr|Tala&nbsp;við&nbsp;mig]]''</sup> 00:20, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
:I hate to say it, but the above is starting to sound a little like [[WP:OR|original research]]. It seems like you're stretching for it to be implied as flowing but that's not what most reliable sources indicate. Digging down yourself through the roots and word origins to derive the meaning is original research. What we would need is a reference that states the flowing claim unortunately, not you deriving that that's the meaning. Remember Wikipedia is about [[WP:RS|reliable sources]]. I won't pretend my Japanese is anywhere close to fluent enough to dig through like you have done so above, and it's the same for most editors on the English Wikipedia. I would also note that the common translation of hirahira to fluttering does not imply easy going, when flutter means a jerky, unsteady, trembling and uneven motion so getting from that to be flowing seems like a stretch. Anyway we shouldn't be interpreting sources, we should be referencing sources. [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 11:39, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
:: {{re|Canterbury Tail}} I hear you about [[WP:OR]] concerns, but I disagree that that is what is happening here: the crux is what the terms indicate in the source language of Japanese, and how to translate that into English -- a matter that is unavoidably an exercise in interpreting the meaning.  :)  As expressed explicitly in [https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BB%AE%E5%90%8D-613766#E7.B2.BE.E9.81.B8.E7.89.88.20.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.9B.BD.E8.AA.9E.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E5.85.B8 the NKD dictionary entry for ''hiragana''], we have ''hira'' glossed as both {{nihongo_krt||角のない|kaku no nai|"unangular", literally "having no angles / corners"}} and {{nihongo_krt||通俗平易|tsūzoku heii|"in common currency, accepted by the common people" + "plain, simple, uncomplicated"}}.  The mention of ''hiragana'' in the lede at [[Japanese language]] accounts for the latter sense, but not the former.  ‑‑&nbsp;[[User:Eirikr|Eiríkr&nbsp;Útlendi]]&nbsp;│<sup>''[[User talk:Eirikr|Tala&nbsp;við&nbsp;mig]]''</sup> 18:55, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
:::Problem with even that dictionary entry is it's in Japanese and we're relying on ourselves to translate it rather than a source. This isn't prohibited, but it could be misinterpreted or mistranslated by editors. Even then though, there's nothing about flowing with regards to Hiragana. [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 17:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2022 ==

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Change "chii" in the consonants section of the phonology section to "chī" to be consistent. Thank you. [[User:Matcha255|Matcha255]] ([[User talk:Matcha255|talk]]) 16:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

:There’s no long vowel in {{lang|ja|[[:wikt:地位#Japanese|地位]]}}, see [[MOS:JAPAN#General guidelines]]. [[User:Thibaut120094|Thibaut]] ([[User talk:Thibaut120094|talk]]) 17:17, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

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== Remove Katakana? ==

It simply doesn't make much sense to have ''nihongo'' in katakana due to katakana only being used for non-japanese words; And nihongo is a japanese word. I don't know, maybe its for people who are just learning Japanese to recognise katakana in Japanese words. [[User:KIMORII|KIMORII]] ([[User talk:KIMORII|talk]]) 22:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
:So just to dispel a misconception, katakana isn't just used for foreign words. It's a major usage of it, but not its sole usage. It's also used for shortening, onomatopoeia, sometimes for emphasis, plants and animals, and many other usages of which foreign words is but part. ニホンゴ is a valid rendering and is used for the language in certain circumstances. [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 06:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
::I was about to point the same thing out, but at the same time ニホンゴ isn't a ''common'' way of spelling it in the modern orthography. I'd support removal. [[User:Nardog|Nardog]] ([[User talk:Nardog|talk]]) 06:10, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

==Link Suggestion under Gender In The Japanese Language==
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== Japanese Speakers ==

@[[User:Canterbury Tail|Canterbury Tail]] The number of Japanese speakers has been decreasing substantially due to the overall population decrease in Japan. The source cited is titled as Encyclopedia 2010 but the date is cited as 2020. The 27th edition has a different number of first language speakers cited which is 123,427,320 which is shown if you click on the link directed to Ethnologue from the language infobox reference.  [[User:Cookiemonster1618|Cookiemonster1618]] ([[User talk:Cookiemonster1618|talk]]) 17:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
:The link from the reference to Ethnologue makes no mention of number of speakers other than in a broad sense. There is no 123,427,320 shown on that page unless I'm completely blind or missing something. That link is a very basic mention of the language with practically zero detail on anything. All it says is it's between 1 million to 1 billion speakers. I did a find though the page and it doesn't mention that number. Where are you seeing it? [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 17:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
::You are not subscribed to Ethnologue that's why you can't see it but because im subscribed it gives the figure. [[User:Cookiemonster1618|Cookiemonster1618]] ([[User talk:Cookiemonster1618|talk]]) 18:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
::Here is the quote [[ethnologue:jpn/|122,000,000 in Japan (Leclerc 2020b). Total users in all countries: 123,466,720 (as L1: 123,427,320; as L2: 39,400).]] [[User:Cookiemonster1618|Cookiemonster1618]] ([[User talk:Cookiemonster1618|talk]]) 18:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
:::Ah weird that it actually gives the same exact URL page differently depending. Fair enough then. Just clicking the link gives just the fact that Japanese exists as a language and that's effectively it.  [[User:Canterbury Tail|<b style="color: Blue;">Canterbury Tail</b>]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|<i style="color: Blue;">talk</i>]] 18:08, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
::::The reason you are not able to see the figures of the total number of speakers for Japanese or any other language for that matter on Ethnologue is because you are not subscribed or joined the contributor program. Ethnologue is a paywall website where you have to pay by membership if you want access to all of this vital information. Otherwise you'll have to join their contributor program to see all of this information. [[User:Cookiemonster1618|Cookiemonster1618]] ([[User talk:Cookiemonster1618|talk]]) 18:16, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

== Agglutinative nature of the language ==

I do not object to the classification of Japanese as an agglutinative language. There are (rather simple) inflections for verbs, adjectives, and auxiliaries, but the agglutinative nature is still predominant. I have noticed that the article does not explain why Japanese is considered agglutinative rather than inflectional. [[User:Maidodo|Maidodo]] ([[User talk:Maidodo|talk]]) 09:26, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2024 ==

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[[Special:Contributions/49.98.236.247|49.98.236.247]] ([[User talk:49.98.236.247|talk]]) 19:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done''': it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a [[WP:EDITXY|"change X to Y" format]] and provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> --[[User:AntiDionysius|<span style="color:green">AntiDionysius</span>]] (<span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[User talk:AntiDionysius|talk]]</span>) 19:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

== Incorrect Information in the Grammar Section ==

"に ni for the dative case.
田中さんにあげて下さい。 Tanaka-san ni agete kudasai 'Please give it to Mx Tanaka.'

It is also used for the lative case, indicating a motion to a location.

日本に行きたい。 Nihon ni ikitai 'I want to go to Japan.'

However, へ e is more commonly used for the lative case."

The note that へ is more common than に is just incorrect. に is far more common in almost all situations among native speakers, besides certain set phrases such as 「ようこそ、○○へ」 [[User:Nameforvikipedia|Nameforvikipedia]] ([[User talk:Nameforvikipedia|talk]]) 12:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

== Remove random commercial language-learning resource from see also ==

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Please remove the link to JapanesePod101.com from the see also section. Since the other articles linked there are key aspects of the Japanese language, a random commercial language-learning resource does not justify its placement. [[User:Pipoin|Pipoin]] ([[User talk:Pipoin|talk]]) 04:22, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
:{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:Day Creature|Day Creature]] ([[User talk:Day Creature|talk]]) 17:04, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2025 ==

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Dear Editor,

I am a student of the Japanese language and a maker of language learning tools. I wish to add https://grake.me/japanese (a gamified way to learn grammar, phrases, and idioms) as a resource under a new section called language learning resources. 

There a few others I wish to recommend as well, such as : https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakJapaneseNaturally for immersive language learning audio experiences [[User:Just-aristides|Just-aristides]] ([[User talk:Just-aristides|talk]]) 18:54, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
:{{not done}}:<!-- Template:ESp --> Wikipedia is not a place for you to promote your language learning tools: see [[WP:PROMO]]. [[User:Day Creature|Day Creature]] ([[User talk:Day Creature|talk]]) 00:39, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

== however, now [ti] and [tɕi] are distinct, as evidenced by words like tī [tiː] "Western-style tea" and chii [tɕii] "social status". ==

In Japanese long vowels are phonemically distinct from one vowel occuring twice, one example of that is satôya versus sato'oya. Chii ought to be replaced with 吃 chī (Mahjong term). [[Special:Contributions/95.53.163.154|95.53.163.154]] ([[User talk:95.53.163.154|talk]]) 10:05, 17 June 2025 (UTC)