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Japanese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Palau  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Prosím  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Nihongo  

French Name
slovaque  
japonais  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Japanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Japanese  

Language Position
27  
25
8  
8

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
slk  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
slk  
jpn  

Glottocode
slov1269  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Slovak and Japanese Speaking population

Slovak and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Japanese on Slovak vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Japanese Language Codes

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

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