Javanese and Indonesian
Countries
Indonesia
Indonesia
National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
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Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Malay language
Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
matur nuwun
Terima kasih
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Selamat Pagi
Please
matur nuwun
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
maaf
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Permisi
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Balinese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Arekan
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
basa Jawa
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
javanais
indonésien
German Name
Javanisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Indonesians
Origin
450 AD
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Javanese
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
java1253
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
All Javanese and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Indonesian Speaking population
Javanese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Javanese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Indonesian Language Codes
Javanese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.