Talk:Names of Japan

Error in article
It says in the article:

>In Japanese, countries whose "long form" does not contain a designation such as republic or kingdom are generally given a name appended by the character 国 ("country" or "nation"): for example, ドミニカ国 (Dominica), バハマ国 (Bahamas), and クウェート国 (Kuwait).

But Dominica and the Bahamas are both commonwealths, as is apparent from their long names. So either the rule is wrong, or the examples are wrong (either because they're exceptions to the rule or because the stated Japanese names are wrong). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.87.39 (talk) 10:38, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Example of how Japan calling other country can be seen at http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/bahama/ (A Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affair site introducing Bahama with country's name written on top of the page), that it also neglect their designation as a commonwealth. C933103 (talk) 10:45, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Modern Shanghainese pronunciation of 日本

 * It is said to be Zeppen in the article, but a wu-dialect dictionary: said 日 can be pronounced as zeh4 or nyih4 which I think the former one would be a result of different romanization scheme for the pronunciation used in the article, but wouldn't the latter one be more appropriate here? Although I am not that familiar with Shanghainese.C933103 (talk) 10:45, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Superfluous sentence
" Hong Kong, as English is also spoken there, uses the word "Japan" when speaking English, but in Chinese, the Cantonese name is used. " IMHO, this is totally obvious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.236.126.38 (talk) 13:44, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Nihon vs Nippon
Regarding the phrase, I have no idea where this rumor got started or why it is widely accepted or why is on wikipedia. Both にほん and にっぽん are equally formal. The differences are purely dialectal, with にっぽん being West Japanese and にほん being East Japanese. There are also many formal scenarios where にほん is used, and many informal scenarios where にっぽん is used. There's also formal statements by the government saying either is perfectly official. 36.2.201.148 (talk) 11:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

The information is unsourced as well. GenZenny💖 (talk) 02:59, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Wildy inaccurate statement
'the final voiced vowels (i.e. p, t, k) of the first word were “silent” in Middle Chinese'. Some training in linguistics wouldn't go astray.

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Second audio file does not work on iOS
The formatting is identical so I’m guessing there is something wrong with the audio file itself. (I am always pleasantly surprised when I am able to successfully hear Wikipedia audio links played on an iOS device.)

Many of us would appreciate it, I am sure, if someone with the appropriate skills would perform whatever magic is required to make the second audio file also play properly on iOS.

Thanks! Dhugot (talk) 03:25, 30 August 2018 (UTC)