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Javanese
båså Jåwå ꦧꦱꦗꦮ بَاسَا جَاوَا
Basa Jawa (Javanese language) written in the Javanese script
Pronunciation
[bɔsɔd͡ʒɔwɔ]
Native to
Indonesia
Ethnicity
Javanese
• Samin
• Banyumasan
• Tenggerese
• Cirebonese
• Osing
Native speakers
68 million (2015)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Javanese
Early forms
Old Javanese
Middle Javanese
Standard forms
Kawi (Early standard form)
Surakartan Javanese (Modern standard form)
Dialects
Javanese dialects
Writing system
Latin script Javanese script Pegon script
Official status
Official language in
Indonesia
Special Region of Yogyakarta (co-official with Indonesian)[2]
Regulated by
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-1
jv
ISO 639-2
jav
ISO 639-3
Variously: jav – Javanese jvn – Caribbean Javanese jas – New Caledonian Javanese osi – Osing tes – Tenggerese
Glottolog
java1253 Javanesic java1254
Linguasphere
31-MFM-a
Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language.
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The word Jawa (Java) written in Javanese scriptTwo Javanese speakers, recorded in Indonesia
Javanese (/ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz/JAH-və-NEEZ,[3]/dʒævə-/JAV-ə-, /-ˈniːs/-NEESS;[4]basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: بَاسَا جَاوَا, IPA: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people.[5]
Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles.[6] Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians.
There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia.[7]
Along with Indonesian, Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.[2]
^Javanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Caribbean Javanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) New Caledonian Javanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Osing at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Tenggerese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ abPeraturan Daerah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 2 Tahun 2021 tentang Pemeliharaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Sastra, dan Aksara Jawa (Regional Regulation 2) (in Indonesian). Governor of Special Region of Yogyakarta. 2021.
^Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
^"Javanese". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia - Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010. Badan Pusat Statistik. 2011. ISBN 978-979-064-417-5. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017.
^"Javanese language". britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^Akhyari Hananto (8 December 2017). "121 Years of Javanese People in New Caledonia". Seasia: Good News from Southeast Asia.
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