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Slovak and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
14  
4
38  
27

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Central Slovak  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Western Slovak  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
8  
8
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Japanese and Slovak Speaking population

Japanese and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Japanese vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Slovak Language Codes

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

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