Javanese and Afrikaans
Countries
Indonesia
South Africa
National Language
Indonesia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
Dankie
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
wengi sing apik
goeie nag
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
goeie more
Please
Not Available
asseblief
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
jammer
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Not Available
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arekan
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Cape Dutch
French Name
javanais
afrikaans
German Name
Javanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Afrikaners
Origin
450 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Javanese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
java1253
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
All Javanese and Afrikaans 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 Javanese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Javanese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Javanese and Afrikaans on Javanese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Javanese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.