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Javanese and Malaysian


Malaysian and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hai  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Not Available  
sila  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
maaf  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Not Available  

French Name
javanais  
malais  

German Name
Javanisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
450 AD  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
11  
10
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
may  

ISO 639 3
jav  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Javanese and Malaysian Speaking population

Javanese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Javanese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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