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Marathi and Javanese


Javanese and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
Halo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Not Available   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
Not Available   

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
marathe   
javanais   

German Name
Marathi   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
10th century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Javanese   

Language Position
17   
15
11   
10

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
jav   

ISO 639 3
mar   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
java1253   

Linguasphere
omr   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Marathi and Javanese Speaking population

Marathi and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Javanese on Marathi vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Javanese Language Codes

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

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