Indonesian and Javanese
Countries
Indonesia
Indonesia
National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Sugeng énjing
Please
mohon Untuk
matur nuwun
Sorry
maaf
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Permisi
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Balinese
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Arekan
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Indonesia
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
indonésien
javanais
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
7th Century
450 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Javanese
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
indo1316
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
All Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Javanese Speaking population
Indonesian and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Javanese on Indonesian vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Javanese Language Codes
Indonesian and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.