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Serbian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Japan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

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

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

Similar To
Korean Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
25  
15

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Montenegrin  

French Name
japonais  
serbe  

German Name
Japanisch  
Serbisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1185  
11th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
8  
8
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
srp  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
srp  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Japanese and Serbian Speaking population

Japanese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Japanese and Serbian on Japanese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Serbian Language Codes

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

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