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Japanese vs Croatian


Croatian vs 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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Japanese and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Croatian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Croatian Language History.

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Japanese and Croatian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Japanese and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Croatian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Croatian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Japanese and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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