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Javanese vs German


German vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Indonesia  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
9  
1

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Danke  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
guten Morgen  

Please
Not Available  
bitte  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
javanais  
allemand  

German Name
Javanisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
11  
10
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ger  

ISO 639 3
jav  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
java1253  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Javanese and German Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and German language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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Javanese and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and German language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Javanese vs German Difficulty

The Javanese vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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