In this episode, we compare two Austronesian languages, Javanese and Ilokano. We explore the similarities between the two languages with a list of words and sentences. There are many similarities between the two languages, but to what extent are they intelligible to one another?

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The Ilokano sentences in the video:

1. Ad-adayo ak nga naguapo ngem sika (I am much more handsome than you)

2. Adayo ti balayko (My house is far)

The Javanese sentence:
Aku nduwe sapi wolu (I have 8 cows)

Javanese (ꦧꦱꦗꦮ / Basa Jawa / باسا جاوا) is the largest language in the world without official status. As the language of the Javanese people from the Indonesian island of Java, it is the native language of around 100 million people. The closest relatives of Javanese are the neighbouring languages in Indonesia such as Sundanese and Balinese. However, as an Austronesian language it also shares similarities with several other languages, including Ilokano.
Ilokano or Ilocano is an Austronesian language and the third most-spoken native language in the Philippines. Although it is written in the Latin script, it's interesting to note that Ilokano people of the Luzon island of the Philippines used a distinct indigenous script known as kur-itan. Being an Austronesian language, Ilokano is related to Indonesian, Malaysian, Javanese, Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Maori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan and Malagasy.

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