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Telugu vs Javanese


Javanese vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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
Tamil  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
Halo  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Not Available  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
télougou  
javanais  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
c. 575  
450 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Javanese  

Language Position
15  
14
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
jav  

ISO 639 3
tel  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Telugu and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Javanese language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 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 Telugu and Javanese Language History.

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

Telugu vs Javanese Difficulty

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

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