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Javanese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
India   

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   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Devanagari   

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
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Not Available   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
basa Jawa   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
javanais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Javanisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

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

History

Origin
450 AD   
15   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
11   
10
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
guj   

ISO 639 3
jav   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Javanese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Gujarati language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Javanese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Javanese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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