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Javanese vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Indonesia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Hai   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Not Available   
sila   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
maaf   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Not Available   

French Name
javanais   
malais   

German Name
Javanisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Not Available   

History

Origin
450 AD   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
11   
10
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
may   

ISO 639 3
jav   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Javanese and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Malaysian language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Javanese vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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