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Slovak vs Japanese


Japanese vs 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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Slovak and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Japanese language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Japanese Language History.

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

Slovak vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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