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Portuguese vs Javanese


Javanese vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Indonesia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
Halo   

Thank You
obrigado   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
boa noite   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
Por Favor   
Not Available   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
tchau   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Português   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
portugais   
javanais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Javanese   

Language Position
6   
6
11   
10

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
jav   

ISO 639 3
por   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
java1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Portuguese and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Javanese language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Portuguese and Javanese Language History.

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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Javanese language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Portuguese vs Javanese Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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