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Javanese and Serbian


Serbian and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Indonesia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Not Available   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Montenegrin   

French Name
javanais   
serbe   

German Name
Javanisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

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

History

Origin
450 AD   
11th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
11   
10
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
srp   

ISO 639 3
jav   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Javanese and Serbian Speaking population

Javanese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Javanese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Serbian Language Codes

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

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