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Javanese vs Arabic


Arabic vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Indonesia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
شكرا  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
صباح الخير  

Please
matur nuwun  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
آسف  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
وداعا  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
basa Jawa  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
javanais  
arabe  

German Name
Javanisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
11  
10
25  
23

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ara  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ara  

ISO 639 6
jav  
ara  

Glottocode
java1253  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Javanese and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Arabic language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Javanese and Arabic Language History.

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Javanese and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Javanese and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Arabic language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Javanese vs Arabic Difficulty

The Javanese vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Javanese and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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