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Javanese and Assamese


Assamese and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
suprobhaat  

Please
matur nuwun  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
biḍai  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
basa Jawa  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
javanais  
assamais  

German Name
Javanisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Assamese  

Language Position
11  
10
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
asm  

ISO 639 3
jav  
asm  

ISO 639 6
jav  
asm  

Glottocode
java1253  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Javanese and Assamese Speaking population

Javanese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Javanese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Assamese Language Codes

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

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