Javanese | |
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Basa Jawa ꦧꦱꦗꦮ باسا جاوا | |
![]() Basa (language) written in the Javanese script | |
Pronunciation | [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ] |
Native to | Java (Indonesia) |
Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 82 million (2007)[1] |
Austronesian
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Early forms | Old Javanese
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Standard forms | Kawi
(Early standard form) Surakartan Javanese
(Modern standard form) |
Dialects | Javanese dialects |
Latin script Javanese script Pegon alphabet | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Special Region of Yogyakarta |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | jv |
ISO 639-2 | jav |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:jav – Javanesejvn – Caribbean Javanesejas – New Caledonian Javaneseosi – Osingtes – Tenggeresekaw – Kawi |
Glottolog | java1253 |
Linguasphere | 31-MFM-a |
![]() Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language. | |
Javanese (/dʒɑːvəˈniːz/);[2] Basa Jawa; Aksara Jawa: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ; Pegon: باساجاوا; Javanese pronunciation: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is the native language of Javanese people which originated from the island of Java. Being the most populous island in the world, a lot of community in Java island could understand the Javanese language naturally despite not having a Javanese-ethnic identity. The Javanese language is recognized as one of the regional languages (a.k.a. the native or indigenous languages) in Indonesia with the largest speakers concentrated in the provinces of Yogyakarta, Central Java, and East Java. The Javanese language also recognized as one of the minority languages in some countries worldwide, mainly in Suriname, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, Australia, Caribbean, Sri Lanka, and neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.
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