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Javanese and Sundanese


Sundanese and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
West Java   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Madurese and Malay Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin, Sundanese   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Halo   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Nuhun   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Kumaha kabarna?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Wilujeng kulem   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Wilujeng wengi   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Wilujeng siang   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Wilujeng énjing   

Please
Not Available   
Mangga   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Hapunten   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Wilujeng angkat   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Punten   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Western dialect   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Banten   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Northern dialect   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bogor   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Priangan dialect   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bandung   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Priangan, Sunda   

French Name
javanais   
soundanais   

German Name
Javanisch   
Sundanesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   

History

Origin
450 AD   
5th century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Sundanese   

Language Position
11   
10
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
su   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
sun   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
sun   

ISO 639 3
jav   
sun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
sund1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

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

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Javanese and Sundanese Speaking population

Javanese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Javanese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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