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  2. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In the 16th century in Malacca, Portuguese traders first heard from Indonesian and Malay the names Jepang, Jipang, and Jepun. [7] In 1577 it was first recorded in English, spelled Giapan . [ 7 ] At the end of the 16th century, Portuguese missionaries came to coastal islands of Japan and created brief grammars and dictionaries of Middle Japanese ...

  3. Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    Japanese people (Japanese: 日本人, Hepburn: Nihonjin) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago. [15] [16] Japanese people constitute 97.4% of the population of the country of Japan. [1]

  4. Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers

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    The Japanese liquid is most often realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], though there is some variation depending on phonetic context. [1] /r/ of American English (the dialect Japanese speakers are typically exposed to) is most commonly a postalveolar central approximant with simultaneous secondary pharyngeal constriction [ɹ̠ˤ] or less commonly a retroflex approximant [ɻ].

  5. Japanese migration to Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    During the early Meiji era, Japanese expatriates in Malaya consisted primarily of "vagabond sailors" and "enslaved prostitutes". [6] Most came from Kyushu.The Japanese government first ignored them, but in the era of rising national pride following the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, came to see them as an embarrassment to Japan's image overseas; however, their presence and ...

  6. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.

  7. List of English words of Malay origin - Wikipedia

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    long-armed apes of Southeast Asia. The English word 'gibbon' is said to be a reborrowing from French, and folk etymology (cf. Gibbon (surname)) [44] originally from an Orang Asli word, probably via a Malay intermediary. [45] Gingham a cotton fabric, usually woven of two coloured yarns in a checked or striped design.

  8. Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Japanese may refer to: . Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia; Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan; Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture

  9. Penang Hokkien - Wikipedia

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    A Penang Hokkien speaker, recorded in Malaysia.. Penang Hokkien (Chinese: 庇能福建話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pī-né͘ng Hok-kiàn-ōa; Tâi-lô: Pī-néeng Hok-kiàn-uā; IPA: /pi˨˩nɛŋ˦˥ hɔk̚˦kiɛn˥˧ua˨˩/) is a local variant of Hokkien spoken in Penang, Malaysia.