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Javanese vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Not Available  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
basa Jawa  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
javanais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Javanisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
pan  

ISO 639 3
jav  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Javanese and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Punjabi language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Javanese vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Javanese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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