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Indonesian and Javanese


Javanese and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Halo   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Not Available   

Sorry
maaf   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
indonésien   
javanais   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
7th Century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Javanese   

Language Position
56   
99+
11   
10

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
jav   

ISO 639 3
ind   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Indonesian and Javanese Speaking population

Indonesian and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Javanese on Indonesian vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Javanese Language Codes

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

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