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Javanese vs Kannada


Kannada vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India, Karnataka, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Karnataka, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Goa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka   

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.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Telugu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
49   
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
14   
11

How Many Consonants
21   
11
35   
25

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Kannada Script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
ಹಲೋ (Halō)   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)   

Please
Not Available   
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
ಬೈ (Bai)   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Badaga   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
540,000.00   
33

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Urali   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
kerala   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,440.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Kurumba   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
220,000.00   
23

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
49.00 million   
29

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
basa Jawa   
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi   

French Name
javanais   
kannada   

German Name
Javanisch   
Kannada   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]   

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

History

Origin
450 AD   
c. 450   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Kannada, Kannada   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Modern Kannada   

Language Position
11   
10
31   
25

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
kn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
kan   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
kan   

ISO 639 3
jav   
kan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
nucl1305   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Javanese and Kannada Language History

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

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

Javanese vs Kannada Difficulty

The Javanese vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.

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