Countries
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
82.00 million
  
19
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
javanais
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
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
Filipino
  
Javanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Javanese language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Javanese Difficulty
The Filipino vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.