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Javanese and Japanese


Japanese and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Not Available  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
basa Jawa  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Not Available  

French Name
javanais  
japonais  

German Name
Javanisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
1185  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Japanese  

Language Position
11  
10
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
jav  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Javanese and Japanese Speaking population

Javanese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Javanese and Japanese on Javanese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Japanese Language Codes

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

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