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Punjabi vs Javanese


Javanese vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • 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 Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
Halo  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
Not Available  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
11
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
12
Not Available  

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
pendjabi  
javanais  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
1000 AD  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Javanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
11  
10

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
jav  

ISO 639 3
pan  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
panj1256  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Punjabi and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Javanese language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Punjabi and Javanese Language History.

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

Punjabi vs Javanese Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi 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 Punjabi and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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