二ヶ国語にかこくご

Written forms

• 二ヶ国語にかこくご

  Standard kanji spelling using the counter ヶ.

• 二にカ国こく語ご

  Variant using katakana カ instead of ヶ.

• 二にか国こく語ご

  Variant using hiragana か.

• 二ヵ国語にかこくご

  Variant using small katakana ヵ; less common.

• 二に箇か国こく語ご

  Variant using the kanji 箇; formal or literary.

• ２ヶ国語にかこくご

  Variant using Arabic numeral 2.

• ２にカ国こく語ご

  Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and katakana カ.

• ２にか国こく語ご

  Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and hiragana か.

• ２ヵ国語にかこくご

  Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and small katakana ヵ.

• ２に箇か国こく語ご

  Variant using Arabic numeral 2 and kanji 箇.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), the counter ヶ (a variant of 箇), 国 (country), and 語 (language). The reading にかこくご is a straightforward combination of the readings of its parts.