Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
matur nuwun
How Are You?
How are you?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Please
Please
matur nuwun
Sorry
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
I love you
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
American English
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
United States of America
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Arekan
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Native Name
English
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
English
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
anglais
javanais
German Name
Englisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
English people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
5th Century AD
450 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Javanese
Signed Forms
Signed English
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
java1253
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English 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 English and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Javanese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common English Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Javanese Difficulty
The English vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.