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Korean and Javanese


Javanese and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Halo   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Not Available   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
coréen   
javanais   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Javanese   

Language Position
12   
11
11   
10

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
jav   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
java1253   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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All Korean 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 Korean and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Javanese Speaking population

Korean and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Javanese on Korean vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Javanese Language Codes

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

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