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Japanese and Javanese


Javanese and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Halo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
日本語  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
japonais  
javanais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

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

History

Origin
1185  
450 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Javanese  

Language Position
8  
8
11  
10

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
jav  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
jav  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
jav  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
java1253  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Japanese and Javanese Speaking population

Japanese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Javanese on Japanese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Javanese Language Codes

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

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