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Javanese vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
-  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hoy  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Salamat  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
matur nuwun  
Palihug  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Babay  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bohol  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Arekan  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
javanais  
cebuano  

German Name
Javanisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
16th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
11  
10
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
jav  
ceb  

Glottocode
java1253  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Javanese and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Cebuano language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Cebuano Language History.

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Javanese and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Cebuano language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Javanese vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Javanese vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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