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Malaysian vs Javanese


Javanese vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Halo  

Thank You
terima kasih  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
sila  
Not Available  

Sorry
maaf  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
malais  
javanais  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
450 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Javanese  

Language Position
54  
39
11  
10

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
jav  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
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
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Malaysian and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Javanese language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 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 Malaysian and Javanese Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Javanese Difficulty

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

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