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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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