Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Japan
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Hakata
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Kansai
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
日本語
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Not Available
French Name
slovaque
japonais
German Name
Slowakisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Slovak
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
slov1269
nucl1643
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Slovak and Japanese 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 Slovak and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Japanese language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Japanese Difficulty
The Slovak vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Japanese 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 Slovak and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.