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Greek and Javanese


Javanese and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Halo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Griko  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
16  
15

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
ελληνικά  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
javanais  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Javanese  

Language Position
74  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
jav  

ISO 639 3
ell  
jav  

ISO 639 6
ells  
jav  

Glottocode
gree1276  
java1253  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Greek 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 Greek and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Javanese Speaking population

Greek and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Javanese on Greek vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Javanese Language Codes

Greek and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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