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Javanese vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
Mange tak  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
God nat  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
God aften  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Please  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Farvel  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
16  
15

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
dansk  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
danois  
javanais  

German Name
Dänisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Javanese  

Language Position
18  
16
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
jav  

ISO 639 3
dan  
jav  

ISO 639 6
dan  
jav  

Glottocode
dani1284  
java1253  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Danish and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Javanese language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish and Javanese Language History.

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

Danish vs Javanese Difficulty

The Danish vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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