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Gujarati vs Javanese


Javanese vs Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Indonesia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Halo   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Not Available   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
goudjrati   
javanais   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
15   
450 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Javanese   

Language Position
23   
19
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
jav   

ISO 639 3
guj   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
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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Gujarati and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and Javanese language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 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 Gujarati and Javanese Language History.

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

Gujarati vs Javanese Difficulty

The Gujarati vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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