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Javanese and Cebuano


Cebuano and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
-  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hoy  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Salamat  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
matur nuwun  
Palihug  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Babay  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Arekan  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
northern part of Leyte  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
javanais  
cebuano  

German Name
Javanisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
11  
10
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
jav  
ceb  

Glottocode
java1253  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Javanese and Cebuano Speaking population

Javanese and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Javanese vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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