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Dutch vs Javanese


Javanese vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Indonesia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Not Available  

Sorry
sorry  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
vaarwel  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
javanais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Javanese  

Language Position
48  
35
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
jav  

ISO 639 3
nld  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
java1253  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Dutch and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Javanese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Javanese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Javanese Difficulty

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

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