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Vietnamese vs Javanese


Javanese vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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 Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Halo   

Thank You
Cam on   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Not Available   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
vietnamien   
javanais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
c. 1440   
450 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Javanese   

Language Position
14   
13
11   
10

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
jav   

ISO 639 3
vie   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
java1253   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Vietnamese and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Javanese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Javanese Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Javanese Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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