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Malaysian and Javanese


Javanese and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Halo   

Thank You
terima kasih   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
sila   
Not Available   

Sorry
maaf   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
malais   
javanais   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
450 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Javanese   

Language Position
54   
39
11   
10

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
jav   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
java1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Javanese Speaking population

Malaysian and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Javanese on Malaysian vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Javanese Language Codes

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

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