Javanese Western Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian
Javanese is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 42% of the population of Indonesia. Speakers are principally located on the island of Java with smaller populations in Kalimantan, Maliku, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatra and West Papua (Irian Jaya). Javanese is also known as Jawa and Djawa.
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Javanese
See Also:
- Caraka, "The Messenger" - A newsletter for the study of Javanese culture and language
- Huruf Jawa - Hanacaraka - "The Lord\\'s Prayer", written out in the old Javanese script, still used in Indonesia.
- Javanese Language - Description of Javanese, including phonoloyg, script, morphology, syntax, western vocabulary and javanese dialects.
- Huruf Jawa - Examples of traditional Javanese orthography.
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