Countries
Indonesia
  
Israel
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Not Available
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
javanais
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
450 AD
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Javanese and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Hebrew language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Javanese vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.