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Javanese language

Javanese
Basa Jawa
ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
باسا جاوا
Basa (language) written in the Javanese script
Pronunciation[bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]
Native toJava (Indonesia)
Ethnicity
Native speakers
82 million (2007)[1]
Early forms
Old Javanese
  • Middle Javanese
Standard forms
Kawi
(Early standard form)
Surakartan Javanese
(Modern standard form)
DialectsJavanese dialects
Latin script
Javanese script
Pegon alphabet
Official status
Official language in
Special Region of Yogyakarta
Language codes
ISO 639-1jv
ISO 639-2jav
ISO 639-3Variously:
jav – Javanese
jvn – Caribbean Javanese
jas – New Caledonian Javanese
osi – Osing
tes – Tenggerese
kaw – Kawi
Glottologjava1253
Linguasphere31-MFM-a
Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language.
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Two Javanese speakers, recorded in Indonesia.

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.

  1. ↑ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
  2. ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh

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