Countries
Japan
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Korean Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9925
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1420
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
52
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)
Halo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Hvala
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Dober dan
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Dobro jutro
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Prosim
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Oprostite
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Resian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Italy
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Styrian
Where They Speak
kansai
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
3148
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
japonais
slovène
German Name
Japanisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Slovenes
Origin
1185
972-1093
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
Slovene
Language Position
828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
slv
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
slv
ISO 639 3
jpn
slv
ISO 639 6
jpn
slv
Glottocode
nucl1643
slov1268
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional