Javanese and Japanese
Countries
Indonesia
Japan
National Language
Indonesia
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Halo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Not Available
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Fukuoka
Where They Speak
Indonesia
kansai
Native Name
basa Jawa
日本語
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Not Available
French Name
javanais
japonais
German Name
Javanisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Javanese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Javanese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Japanese Speaking population
Javanese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Javanese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Japanese Language Codes
Javanese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.