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Javanese vs Marathi


Marathi vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Not Available  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
basa Jawa  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
javanais  
marathe  

German Name
Javanisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
10th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Marathi  

Language Position
11  
10
17  
15

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
mar  

ISO 639 3
jav  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omr  

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 Marathi Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Marathi language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Javanese vs Marathi Difficulty

The Javanese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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