Japanese

ISO 639-3: jpnLiving6 writing systems

Japanese is a language catalogued in the ISO 639-3 standard (code: jpn). Scripts with multiple-source attestation are Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) (ISO 15924: Jpan), Latin (ISO 15924: Latn), Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) (ISO 15924: Hani), Hiragana (ISO 15924: Hira) and Katakana (ISO 15924: Kana). Braille notation is also recorded through multiple-source attestation.

Writing Systems

Source agreement does not establish current usage, official status, dates or region. Evidence definitions and sources.

Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)

Mixed

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: Jpan

Japanese in Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)

Alphabet

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: LatnFamily: LatinOrigin: Mediterranean / EuropeLiving

Japanese in Latin Basic Latin Latin-1 Supplement Latin Extended-A +7 more blocks →

Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)

Logographic

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: HaniFamily: East Asian / HanOrigin: East AsiaLiving

Japanese in Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)CJK Radicals Supplement Kangxi Radicals CJK Symbols and Punctuation +11 more blocks →

Syllabary

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: HiraFamily: Japanese / KanaOrigin: East AsiaLiving

Japanese in Hiragana Hiragana Kana Supplement Kana Extended-A +1 more blocks →

Syllabary

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: KanaFamily: Japanese / KanaOrigin: East AsiaLiving

Japanese in Katakana Katakana Katakana Phonetic Extensions Kana Supplement +2 more blocks →

Notation / Other

Multiple-source attestation

ISO 15924: Brai

Japanese in Braille

Other languages written in Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana)

Japanese shares an attested relationship with the Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) script (ISO 15924: Jpan) — with these languages:

Southern Amami-Oshima

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