Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Indonesia
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hangul
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Jeju
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Cirebon
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Arekan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Indonesia
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
coréen
javanais
German Name
Koreanisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
Before 1st century
450 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Javanese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
java1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Korean and Javanese 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 Korean and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Javanese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Javanese Difficulty
The Korean vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Javanese 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 Korean and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.