Japonic language Japanese language http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/297460009 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C123789 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Japanese_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5287 An East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family, and its relation to other languages, such as Korean, is debated. Japonic languages have been grouped with other language families such as Ainu, Austroasiatic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. jpn jpn ja