Countries
Indonesia
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Halo
Thank You
matur nuwun
Nuhun
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Wilujeng énjing
Please
matur nuwun
Mangga
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Hapunten
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Punten
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Banten
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bogor
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arekan
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
166
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.25 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
82.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
basa Jawa
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
javanais
soundanais
German Name
Javanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
450 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Sundanese
Language Position
1142
1
120
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Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
jv
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jav
sun
ISO 639 2/B
jav
sun
ISO 639 3
jav
sun
ISO 639 6
jav
sun
Glottocode
java1253
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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