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Javanese and Korean


Korean and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Indonesia  
North Korea, South Korea  

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  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
matur nuwun  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
basa Jawa  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
javanais  
coréen  

German Name
Javanisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[hangukmal]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
11  
10
12  
11

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
kor  

ISO 639 3
jav  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
jav  
kor  

Glottocode
java1253  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Javanese and Korean Speaking population

Javanese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Javanese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Korean Language Codes

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

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