Javanese | |
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ꦧꦱꦗꦮ Basa Jawa | |
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Basa (language) written in the Javanese script
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Pronunciation | [bɔsɔ dʒɔwɔ] |
Native to | Java (Indonesia) |
Ethnicity | Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, Javanese Surinamese, etc) |
Native speakers |
94 million (2013) |
Language family |
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 |
Writing system |
Latin script Javanese script Pegon alphabet |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 |
jv
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ISO 639-2 |
jav
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ISO 639-3 |
Variously:jav – Javanesejvn – Caribbean Javanesejas – New Caledonian Javaneseosi – Osingtes – Tenggeresekaw – Kawi
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Glottolog |
java1253
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Linguasphere |
31-MFM-a
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![]() Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language.
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