Countries
Japan
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9946
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1438
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
56
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)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Dobré popoludnie
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)
Pardón!
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Dovidenia
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
kansai
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
314
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
japonais
slovaque
German Name
Japanisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Slovaks
Origin
1185
6th 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-Slavic
Standard Forms
Japanese
Slovak
Language Position
827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
slk
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
slo
ISO 639 3
jpn
slk
ISO 639 6
jpn
slk
Glottocode
nucl1643
slov1269
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic