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Javanese

Austronesian Languages

Javanese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia, with pockets of speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
jav 1
Speaker Count
68,000,000 1
2015 native-speaker figure from the article infobox; a looser estimate of about 100 million spoken or understood, without a stated year, is also given in the article and is not used here as the identifying key.
Region
Throughout Indonesia, mainly central and eastern Java; also Malaysia, Netherlands, Suriname and New Caledonia 1
Connections

In Family

Source Wikipedia: Javanese Language

Written In

Source Wikipedia: Javanese Script
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Javanese Language
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  • Lead section
    Javanese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. ... It is the native language of more than 68 million people.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    jav
  • Infobox, Speakers (Native)
    68 million (2015)
  • Infobox, Region
    Throughout Indonesia (mainly central and eastern Java); also Malaysia, Netherlands, Suriname, and New Caledonia
  • In Family: Austronesian, Infobox, Language family
    Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Javanese
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Wikipedia: Javanese Script
Written In: Javanese ScriptView the Source
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