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Japanese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Palau   

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
14   
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Kagawa   

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Kansai   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
japonais   

German Name
Serbisch   
Japanisch   

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

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Japanese   

Language Position
44   
33
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
srp   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and Japanese Speaking population

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

Serbian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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