Countries
Japan
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
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
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hakata
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
Kansai
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
kansai
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Not Available
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
japonais
slovaque
German Name
Japanisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Slovaks
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Japanese
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
slov1269
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Japanese and Slovak Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Japanese and Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Slovak language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Slovak Difficulty
The Japanese vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Slovak Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Japanese and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.