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Catalan vs Javanese


Javanese vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Halo  

Thank You
Gràcies  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Sisplau  
Not Available  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Adéu  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
javanais  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Javanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
jav  

ISO 639 3
cat  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
java1253  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Catalan and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Javanese language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Javanese Language History.

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

Catalan vs Javanese Difficulty

The Catalan vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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