Japan

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Official Name
Japan
Population Full

125,507,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Japanese
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CSICH (2004), ICCPR (1979), UNCRPD (2014), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Shibatani 1990, Wurm and Hattori 1981
Deaf Population
24,000–300,000
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Japan is 17. All are living languages. Of these, 16 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 2 are developing, 1 is vigorous, 10 are in trouble, and 3 are dying. Also listed are 16 unestablished languages.