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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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