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Slovak and Japanese


Japanese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Prosím   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Pardón!   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Kagawa   

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

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
31   
25

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
slovenčina   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Not Available   

French Name
slovaque   
japonais   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
6th Century   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
slk   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Slovak and Japanese Speaking population

Slovak and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak 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 Slovak and Japanese on Slovak vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Japanese Language Codes

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

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