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When you think of the languages of Japan, you probably think of the Japanese language. However, what if I were to tell you that Japanese wasn't the official language of the nation? Indeed, whilst Japanese is a language spoken in Japan, the languages of Japan are far more diverse than you might think. Some languages are spoken by millions of people, whilst others are spoken by only a few thousand... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Official Languages of Japan Surprisingly, there actually no Japanese law stating what the official language of the country is. Despite this, there are two languages that essentially act as the co-official languages... Japanese Perhaps not surprisingly, Japanese is treated as the official language of Japan. Indeed...