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Serbian vs Japanese


Japanese vs 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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Serbian and Japanese Language History

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

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Serbian and Japanese 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 Serbian and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Japanese language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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