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Serbian vs Javanese


Javanese vs 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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Serbian and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Javanese language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Javanese Language History.

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

Serbian vs Javanese Difficulty

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

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