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Japanese vs Serbian


Serbian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Japan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-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  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

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

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

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

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Southeastern Serbia  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Montenegrin  

French Name
japonais  
serbe  

German Name
Japanisch  
Serbisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1185  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
8  
8
44  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Serbian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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Japanese and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Serbian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Serbian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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