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Javanese vs Swahili


Swahili vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Habari  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Asante  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Not Available  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
pole  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
bye  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Zanzibar island  

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Dar es Salaam  

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
javanais  
swahili  

German Name
Javanisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
450 AD  
6th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Swahili  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
swa  

ISO 639 3
jav  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Javanese and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Swahili language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Javanese vs Swahili Difficulty

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

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