| Javanese | |
| Nativename: | Javanese: basa Jawa Javanese: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ Javanese: باسا جاوا |
| Pronunciation: | in Javanese pronounced as /bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ/ (central and eastern dialects) in Javanese pronounced as /basa d͡ʒawa/ (western dialects) in Javanese pronounced as /basə d͡ʒawə/ (Serangese dialect) |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity: | |
| Speakers: | million |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Ref: | e27 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Ancestor: | Old Javanese |
| Ancestor2: | Middle Javanese |
| Stand1: | Kawi (Early standard form) |
| Stand2: | Surakartan Javanese (Modern standard form) |
| Dialects: | Javanese dialects |
| Script: | Latin script Javanese script Pegon script |
| Nation: | Indonesia
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| Agency: | Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa |
| Iso1: | jv |
| Iso2: | jav |
| Lc1: | jav |
| Ld1: | Javanese |
| Lc2: | jvn |
| Ld2: | Caribbean Javanese |
| Lc3: | jas |
| Ld3: | New Caledonian Javanese |
| Lc4: | osi |
| Ld4: | Osing |
| Lc5: | tes |
| Ld5: | Tenggerese |
| Lingua: | 31-MFM-a |
| Imagescale: | 1 |
| Map: | Javanese language distribution.png |
| Notice: | IPA |
| Glotto: | java1253 |
| Glottoname: | Javanesic |
| Glotto2: | java1254 |
| Glottorefname: | Javanese |
Javanese ([1], ;[2] Javanese: basa Jawa, Javanese script: Javanese: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: Javanese: {{Script/Arabic|باسا جاوا, IPA: in Javanese pronounced as /bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ/) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people.[3]
Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles.[4] Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians.
There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia.[5]
Along with Indonesian, Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.[6]
Javanese is part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, although its precise relationship to other Malayo-Polynesian languages is hard to determine. Using the lexicostatistical method, Isidore Dyen classified Javanese as part of the "Javo-Sumatra Hesion", which also includes the Sundanese and "Malayic" languages.