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Javanese and Konkani


Konkani and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Devanagari  

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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
matur nuwun  
Chike  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Maf kor  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Adeus  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
javanais  
konkani  

German Name
Javanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
kõkɳi  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Kokani  

Language Position
11  
10
23  
21

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
kok  

ISO 639 3
jav  
kok  

ISO 639 6
jav  
kok  

Glottocode
java1253  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

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

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Javanese and Konkani Speaking population

Javanese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Javanese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Konkani Language Codes

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

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