Countries
Japan
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, 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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1426
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
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)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
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)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
жал (žal)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Debar
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Galičnik
Where They Speak
kansai
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
japonais
macédonien
German Name
Japanisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Macedonians
Origin
1185
2200 BC
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Macedonian
Language Position
845
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
mac
ISO 639 3
jpn
mkd
ISO 639 6
jpn
mkd
Glottocode
nucl1643
mace1250
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic