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Slovene and Japanese


Japanese and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Palau  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Hvala  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Prosim  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Resian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
31  
25

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Slovenščina  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Nihongo  

French Name
slovène  
japonais  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
972-1093  
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
Slovene  
Japanese  

Language Position
28  
26
8  
8

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
slv  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
slv  
jpn  

Glottocode
slov1268  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Slovene and Japanese Speaking population

Slovene and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % 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 Slovene and Japanese on Slovene vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Japanese Language Codes

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

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