Countries
Japan
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Czech Republic
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Institute of the Czech Language
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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Korean Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9942
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1432
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ahoj
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
děkuji
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Jak se máš?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
dobrou noc
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
dobré ráno
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
prosím
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
litovat
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
sbohem
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
promiňte
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Chod
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Lach
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Moravian
Where They Speak
kansai
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3113
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
japonais
tchèque
German Name
Japanisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Czechs
Origin
1185
9th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Czech
Language Position
873
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
ces
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
cze
ISO 639 3
jpn
ces
ISO 639 6
jpn
ces
Glottocode
nucl1643
czec1258
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic