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Japanese vs Slovene


Slovene vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Japan   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
20   
10

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Halo   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
Dober večer   

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

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Prosim   

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

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Nasvidenje   

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

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
Not Available   

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
日本語   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
japonais   
slovène   

German Name
Japanisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
1185   
972-1093   

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   
Slovene   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
slv   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Japanese and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Slovene language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Japanese vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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