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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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