Countries
Japan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1425
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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)
Zdravo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Hvala
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Kako si?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Laku noc
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Dobro jutro
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
molim vas
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Oprostite
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Zbogom
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Volim te
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Croatia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
kansai
Croatia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
japonais
bosniaque
German Name
Japanisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Bosniaks
Origin
1185
19th 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
Bosnian
Language Position
824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
bos
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
bos
ISO 639 3
jpn
bos
ISO 639 6
jpn
boss
Glottocode
nucl1643
bosn1245
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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