Countries
Indonesia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Indonesia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
Thank you
How Are You?
piye kabare?
How are you?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Good Night
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Good Morning
Please
matur nuwun
Please
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Sorry
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
I love you
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
American English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Arekan
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Indonesia
United Kingdom
Native Name
basa Jawa
English
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
English
French Name
javanais
anglais
German Name
Javanisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
English people
Origin
450 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Javanese
Standard English
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
java1253
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Javanese and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and English language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs English Difficulty
The Javanese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.