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Javanese vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
hallo   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Dankie   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
goeie more   

Please
Not Available   
asseblief   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
jammer   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Not Available   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
javanais   
afrikaans   

German Name
Javanisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

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

History

Origin
450 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
11   
10
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
afr   

ISO 639 3
jav   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
java1253   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Javanese and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Afrikaans language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Javanese and Afrikaans Language History.

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Javanese and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Javanese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Afrikaans language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Javanese vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Javanese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Javanese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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