Japanese and Javanese
Countries
Japan
Indonesia
National Language
Japan
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Halo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Sugeng énjing
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Not Available
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Indonesia
Where They Speak
kansai
Indonesia
Native Name
日本語
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
japonais
javanais
German Name
Japanisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Javanese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
java1253
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Javanese Speaking population
Japanese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Javanese on Japanese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Javanese Language Codes
Japanese and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.