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Serbian and Javanese


Javanese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
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
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Halo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Not Available  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Indonesia  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
serbe  
javanais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
11th Century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Javanese  

Language Position
44  
33
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
jav  

ISO 639 3
srp  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
java1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Serbian and Javanese Speaking population

Serbian and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Javanese on Serbian vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Javanese Language Codes

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

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