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Korean and Javanese


Javanese and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Halo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
coréen  
javanais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

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

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Javanese  

Language Position
12  
11
11  
10

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
jav  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
jav  

ISO 639 6
kor  
jav  

Glottocode
kore1280  
java1253  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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All Korean and Javanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Javanese Speaking population

Korean and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Javanese on Korean vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Javanese Language Codes

Korean and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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