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Javanese and Greek


Greek and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
matur nuwun  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
basa Jawa  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
javanais  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Javanisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
11  
10
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
gre  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ell  

ISO 639 6
jav  
ells  

Glottocode
java1253  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Javanese and Greek Speaking population

Javanese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Javanese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Greek Language Codes

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

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