Scripture in Japanese
A complete Bible is reported in Japanese.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Japanese is spoken
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About Japanese
- Language family
- Japonic
- ISO 639-3 code
- jpn
- Glottocode
- nucl1643
- Also known as
- Japanese: Eastern
Dialects and varieties 122
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Japanese as a whole.
- AizuNo known Scripture
- AkitaNo known Scripture
- BanshūNo known Scripture
- BōshūNo known Scripture
- ChibaNo known Scripture
- ChichibuNo known Scripture
- Chikugo-benNo known Scripture
- Chikuho-benNo known Scripture
- ChitaNo known Scripture
- ChūgokuNo known Scripture
- ChūshinNo known Scripture
- EasternNo known Scripture
- Eastern KantōNo known Scripture
- Eastern MikawaNo known Scripture
- EchigoNo known Scripture
- EnshūNo known Scripture
- FukuiNo known Scripture
- FukushimaNo known Scripture
- FukuyamaNo known Scripture
- Gifu-AichiNo known Scripture
- GionNo known Scripture
- GoshoNo known Scripture
- GunmaNo known Scripture
- HachijojimaNo known Scripture
- Hakata-benNo known Scripture
- Hata-benNo known Scripture
- HichikuNo known Scripture
- HidaNo known Scripture
- Hirado-benNo known Scripture
- HiroshimaNo known Scripture
- Hita-benNo known Scripture
- HokkaidōNo known Scripture
- HokurikuNo known Scripture
- HokushinNo known Scripture
- HōnichiNo known Scripture
- HyōjungoNo known Scripture
- IbarakiNo known Scripture
- IgaNo known Scripture
- IseNo known Scripture
- IwamiNo known Scripture
- Iyo-benNo known Scripture
- IzuNo known Scripture
- Izumo-benNo known Scripture
- JōetsuNo known Scripture
- Kagawa-benNo known Scripture
- KanagawaNo known Scripture
- KanazawaNo known Scripture
- KantōNo known Scripture
- KawachiNo known Scripture
- KesenNo known Scripture
- KinkiNo known Scripture
- Kitakyūshū-benNo known Scripture
- Kobe (Japonic)No known Scripture
- Kumamoto-benNo known Scripture
- KyotoNo known Scripture
- KyushuNo known Scripture
- MaizuruNo known Scripture
- MieNo known Scripture
- MikawaNo known Scripture
- MinoNo known Scripture
- Miyazaki-benNo known Scripture
- MogamiNo known Scripture
- MoriokaNo known Scripture
- MuromachiNo known Scripture
- NaganoNo known Scripture
- Nagano-Yamanashi-ShizuokaNo known Scripture
- NagaokaNo known Scripture
- Nagasaki-benNo known Scripture
- NagoyaNo known Scripture
- Nambu (Japanese)No known Scripture
- NanshinNo known Scripture
- NiigataNo known Scripture
- Northern TōhokuNo known Scripture
- NotoNo known Scripture
- Ōita-benNo known Scripture
- OkayamaNo known Scripture
- Oku-yoshinoNo known Scripture
- OkushinNo known Scripture
- Ōmuta-benNo known Scripture
- ŌsakaNo known Scripture
- OwariNo known Scripture
- SadoNo known Scripture
- Saga-benNo known Scripture
- Sasebo-benNo known Scripture
- SembaNo known Scripture
- SendaiNo known Scripture
- SenshūNo known Scripture
- ShigaNo known Scripture
- ShikokuNo known Scripture
- ShimaNo known Scripture
- ShimokitaNo known Scripture
- ShitamachiNo known Scripture
- ShizuokaNo known Scripture
- ShōnaiNo known Scripture
- Southern TōhokuNo known Scripture
- TajimaNo known Scripture
- Tama (Japonic)No known Scripture
- TangoNo known Scripture
- TochigiNo known Scripture
- TōhokuNo known Scripture
- Tōkai-TōsanNo known Scripture
- Tokushima-benNo known Scripture
- TōkyōNo known Scripture
- TōshinNo known Scripture
- TottoriNo known Scripture
- ToyamaNo known Scripture
- TsugaruNo known Scripture
- Tsushima-benNo known Scripture
- UmpakuNo known Scripture
- UonumaNo known Scripture
- WakasaNo known Scripture
- WakayamaNo known Scripture
- WesternNo known Scripture
- Western KantōNo known Scripture
- Western MikawaNo known Scripture
- YamagataNo known Scripture
- YamaguchiNo known Scripture
- YamanashiNo known Scripture
- Yanagawa-benNo known Scripture
- Yonago-benNo known Scripture
- YonezawaNo known Scripture
- Zu-zu-benNo known Scripture
Other languages of Japan
- Amami Koniya Sign LanguageNo known Scripture
- Bonin English PidginNo known Scripture
- Central OkinawanPortions of Scripture
- HachijoNo known Scripture
- Japanese Sign LanguagePortions of Scripture
- KagoshimaNo known Scripture
- KikaiNo known Scripture
- KunigamiNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.