The language most often used is Japanese! ;)
The writing most often used is more difficult to explain. There are 3 main types of writing systems in use in Japan.
Kanji - taken from the Chinese characters
Hiragana
Katakana
Most sentences use both Kanji and Hiragana as kanji is used mostly for nouns and Japanese names where hiragana is used for grammatical purposes (so the sentence makes sense) and where the kanji for a particular word is unknown or confusing.Kanji is what you see in alot of asian inspired tattoos and home furnishings,etc.
Katakana is mostly reserved for foreign words and names that don't have a kanji character as well as scientific words.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-12 13:39:14
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answered by trinity_essence_of_femininity 3
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Although Japanese has different dialects, they're not as extreme as, say, Chinese. Most, if not all, Japanese generally speak the standard form of Japanese that is used on television and is based on the Tokyo area accent. Kyoto, Osaka, Kyushu, and the Northwest do pronounce things only slightly different and would mainly rely on local dialect for a few expressions. Older people may be different though. Okinawan, on the other hand, isn't a dialect, it's pretty much a different language.
2007-02-12 14:12:25
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answered by Anonymous
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I am guessing you mean written language.
Hirigana
Of the 4 types Hirigana is the most used.
1. Kanji
2. Hirigana
3. Katakana
4. Romanji
2007-02-12 13:26:57
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answered by Matt 3
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The Kanto dialect (of eastern Japan, including Tokyo) is considered the standard.
2007-02-12 13:32:28
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answered by paladin 3
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President Truman believed that the u . s . might want to both ought to invade the jap mainland, and undergo the shortcoming of a minimum of one million,000,000 infantrymen, otherwise drop atomic bombs and force supply up. The determination change into once made no longer to take delivery of one million,000,000 more effective casualties, in spite of the undeniable fact that to stress resign on Japan with atomic bombs.
2016-10-17 06:47:43
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answered by ? 4
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Japanese? DUH
2007-02-12 13:28:17
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answered by undercovernudist 6
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