Home
Languagevs


Javanese vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Indonesia  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Olá  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
obrigado  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
bom Dia  

Please
matur nuwun  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
pesaroso  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
tchau  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Português  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Português  

French Name
javanais  
portugais  

German Name
Javanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
450 AD  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
11  
10
6  
6

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
por  

ISO 639 3
jav  
por  

ISO 639 6
jav  
por  

Glottocode
java1253  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Javanese and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Portuguese language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Javanese vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Javanese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages