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Javanese vs Gujarati


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Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
India  

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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
matur nuwun  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
basa Jawa  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
javanais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Javanisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

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

History

Origin
450 AD  
15  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
11  
10
23  
21

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
guj  

ISO 639 3
jav  
guj  

ISO 639 6
jav  
guj  

Glottocode
java1253  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Javanese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Gujarati language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Javanese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Javanese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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