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Serbian and Japanese


Japanese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Palau  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Nihongo  

French Name
serbe  
japonais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Japanese  

Language Position
44  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
srp  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
srp  
jpn  

Glottocode
serb1264  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Serbian and Japanese Speaking population

Serbian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Serbian and Japanese on Serbian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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