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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)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
11
36 weeks   
10

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)   
Not Available   

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Indonesia   

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 %   
13

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

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]   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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