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Japanese and Slovak


Slovak and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Japan   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Europe   

Minority Language
Palau   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
14   
4
38   
27

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Prosím   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
Pardón!   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
Not Available   

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
日本語   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
japonais   
slovaque   

German Name
Japanisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1185   
6th Century   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Slovak   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
slo   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Japanese and Slovak 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 Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Slovak Speaking population

Japanese and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Slovak on Japanese vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Slovak Language Codes

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

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