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Croatian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

National Language
Japan   
Austria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Europe   

Minority Language
Palau   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
99   
40
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
25   
15

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
bok   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
hvala   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
kako si   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
dobro jutro   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
molim   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
Oprostite   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
日本語   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hrvatski   

French Name
japonais   
croate   

German Name
Japanisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Croats   

History

Origin
1185   
9th century   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
8   
8
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Japanese and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Croatian Speaking population

Japanese and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Croatian on Japanese vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Croatian Language Codes

Japanese and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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