Javanese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the … See more

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, … See more

In general, the history of the Javanese language can be divided into two distinct phases: 1) Old Javanese and 2) New Javanese.
The earliest attested form of Old Javanese can be foun… See more

Javanese is spoken throughout Indonesia, neighboring Southeast Asian countries, the Netherlands, Suriname, New Caledonia, and other countries. The largest populations of speakers are found in the six provinces of Java itself, … See more

The phonemes of Modern Standard Javanese as shown below.
In closed syllables the vowels /i u e o/ are pronounced [ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ] respectively. In open syllables, /e o/ are also [ɛ ɔ] when the following vo… See more

Javanese, like many other Austronesian languages, is an agglutinative language, where base words are modified through extensive use of affixes.
Javanese has no specific personal pronoun to express … See more

Javanese has many loanwords supplementing those from the native Austronesian base. Sanskrit has had a deep and lasting impact. The Old Javanese–English Dictionary contains approximat… See more