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Cantonese vs Javanese


Javanese vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Halo  

Thank You
谢谢  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
晚安  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
早上好  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
请  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
再见  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
我爱你  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Indonesia  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
Not Available  
javanais  

German Name
Not Available  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
17th century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Javanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
jav  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Cantonese and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Javanese language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and Javanese Language History.

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Cantonese and Javanese 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 Cantonese and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Javanese language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Javanese Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Javanese 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 Cantonese and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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