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Hindi vs Javanese


Javanese vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Halo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
हिन्दी  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
hindi  
javanais  

German Name
Hindi  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

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

History

Origin
7th Century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Javanese  

Language Position
5  
5
11  
10

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
jav  

ISO 639 3
hin  
jav  

ISO 639 6
hins  
jav  

Glottocode
hind1269  
java1253  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Hindi and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Javanese language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Javanese Language History.

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

Hindi vs Javanese Difficulty

The Hindi vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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