I need a little help understanding the end of this paragraph
警察の資料によると、日本国内の行方不明者は毎年約１０万人にのぼる
それも捜索願が出されているケースに限られており、出されていないケースを含めると年間の行方不明者は２０万人を超えるという
Can you please explain to me why is there という at the end? What is it suppose to mean in this case? Is it short for ということです ? I know that という can have many different meanings depending on the context and its place in a sentence - but I am confused when I hear it AT THE end of a sentence (like in the paragraph above) - because there isn't anyone who "says" it - like a person etc. - and also there is nothing after it.
Thanks in advance!
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「という」 has the same usage of 「そうだ」 meaning "I heard that" ; "People say that".
But 「という」 is more formal and used only in written language.
「そうだ」 and 「ということだ」 are used both in written and spoken languages.
(Basically all of those three have the same meaning)
Does 「20万人を超えるそうだ」 make any sense to you? Or 「超えると言われている」 would sound more like an article. ( like "reportedly..." in English.)
You don't need a particular person who said so. The same as "People say that" in English.
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