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.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2015 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. StatusWikipedia article on Javanese: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) RegionThroughout Indonesia, mainly central and eastern Java; also Malaysia, Netherlands, Suriname and New Caledonia 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Javanese Language
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Source Wikipedia: Javanese Script
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Their native language is Javanese, the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers and also the largest regional language in Southeast Asia.
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1. Glottolog: Javanese (Glottolog languoid java1254)
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AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Javanese Language
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Javanese ( JAH-və-NEEZ, JAV-ə-, -NEESS; endonym: Basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا, pronounced [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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2015
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Throughout Indonesia (mainly central and eastern Java)
Lead section, official status
Along with Indonesian, Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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The earliest known writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at which time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Wikipedia: Javanese Script
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