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Kannada and Javanese


Javanese and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Karnataka, India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Goa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Telugu   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49   
29
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
35   
25
21   
11

Scripts
Kannada Script   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   
Halo   

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   
Not Available   

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
540,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Urali   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
kerala   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
6,440.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kurumba   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
220,000.00   
23
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million   
29
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
kannada   
javanais   

German Name
Kannada   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
c. 450   
450 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada   
Javanese   

Language Position
31   
25
11   
10

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kn   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
kan   
jav   

ISO 639 3
kan   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1305   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Kannada and Javanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kannada and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kannada and Javanese Speaking population

Kannada and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kannada and Javanese on Kannada vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Javanese Language Codes

Kannada and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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