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Javanese and Korean


Korean and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Indonesia   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Not Available   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
basa Jawa   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
javanais   
coréen   

German Name
Javanisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
450 AD   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
11   
10
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
kor   

ISO 639 3
jav   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Javanese and Korean Speaking population

Javanese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Javanese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Korean Language Codes

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

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