Countries
Indonesia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Indonesia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
matur nuwun
Asante
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Habari gani?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Habari za asubuhi
Please
matur nuwun
tafadhali
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
pole
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Samahani
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kilwa
Native Name
basa Jawa
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
javanais
swahili
German Name
Javanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
450 AD
6th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Swahili
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
java1253
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Swahili Speaking population
Javanese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Javanese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Swahili Language Codes
Javanese and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.