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Nepali vs Javanese


Javanese vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Halo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
कृपया  
Not Available  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
népalais  
javanais  

German Name
Nepali  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
19 BC  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Javanese  

Language Position
59  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
jav  

ISO 639 3
npi  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
java1253  

Linguasphere
12  
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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Nepali and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Javanese language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Javanese Language History.

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

Nepali vs Javanese Difficulty

The Nepali vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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