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Cebuano and Javanese


Javanese and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Philippines  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • 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
Hiligaynon Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
Halo  

Thank You
Salamat  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Palihug  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Babay  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Indonesia  

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
19
Not Available  

Native Name
Visayan  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
cebuano  
javanais  

German Name
Cebuano  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
16th century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian 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 Cebuano  
Javanese  

Language Position
62  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
jav  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Cebuano and Javanese 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 Cebuano and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Javanese Speaking population

Cebuano and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Cebuano and Javanese on Cebuano vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Javanese Language Codes

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

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