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Languages that contain J

12 languages containing the letter J — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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Table of contents 12 entries
AzerbaijaniFijianGujaratiJamaican Patois
JapaneseJavaneseKurdish (Kurmanji)Lojban
NavajoOjibwePunjabi (Eastern)Western Punjabi

List of Languages That Contain J

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    Azerbaijani

    A Turkic language spoken in Azerbaijan and Iran's northwestern provinces — about 23 million speakers, closely related to Turkish.

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    Fijian

    An Austronesian (Oceanic) language and one of Fiji's three official languages — spoken alongside English and Fiji Hindi by most of the indigenous Fijian population.

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    Gujarati

    An Indo-Aryan language of western India and the mother tongue of about 56 million people — official in Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, with global diaspora communities.

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    Jamaican Patois

    An English-based creole spoken by virtually all Jamaicans — about 3 million native speakers and a growing presence in global music and pop culture.

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    Japanese

    A Japonic language spoken by about 125 million people in Japan — written in a hybrid script combining Chinese characters with two indigenous syllabaries.

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    Javanese

    An Austronesian language spoken by 82 million people on the Indonesian island of Java — famous for its elaborate speech levels marking social hierarchy.

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    Kurdish (Kurmanji)

    The most widely spoken Kurdish variety — a Northwestern Iranian language used by Kurds in Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq, Armenia, and the diaspora.

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    Lojban

    A constructed language designed for unambiguous logical expression — every sentence parses to exactly one syntactic and semantic interpretation.

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    Ojibwe

    A Central Algonquian language spoken across the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada — one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in North America.

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    Punjabi (Eastern)

    The Indian variety of Punjabi — official in the state of Punjab, written in the Gurmukhi script developed in the 16th century for Sikh scripture.

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    Western Punjabi

    The most widely spoken language of Pakistan — known there as Punjabi or sometimes Lahnda — written in the Perso-Arabic Shahmukhi script and spoken by over 100 million people.

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