24 Facts About Javanese language

Javanese language is spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese language descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia.

The writing system used to write Old Javanese language is a descendant of the Pallava script from India.

Almost half of the entire vocabularies found in Old Javanese literature are Sanskrit loanwords, although Old Javanese borrowed terms from other languages in the Maritime Southeast Asia.

Form of Old Javanese language found in several texts from 14th century onward is sometimes referred to as "Middle Javanese language".

Books in Javanese language have been printed since 1830s, at first using the Javanese language script, although the Latin alphabet started to be used later.

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Since mid-19th century, Javanese language has been used in newspapers and travelogues, and later, novels, short stories, as well as free verses.

In Suriname, Javanese language is spoken among descendants of plantation migrants brought by the Dutch during the 19th century.

Javanese language is written with the Latin script, Javanese language script, and Arabic script.

Javanese language "voiced" phonemes are not in fact voiced but voiceless, with breathy voice on the following vowel.

Apart from Madurese, Javanese is the only language of Western Indonesia to possess a distinction between dental and retroflex phonemes.

Javanese language has a rich and varied vocabulary, with many loanwords supplementing those from the native Austronesian base.

In common with other Austronesian languages, Javanese is spoken differently depending on the social context.

Central Javanese language is founded on the speech of Surakarta and to a lesser extent of Yogyakarta.

For example, Javanese language spoken in the Madiun region bears a strong influence of Surakarta Javanese language.

Western Javanese language, spoken in the western part of the Central Java province and throughout the West Java province, includes dialects that are distinct for their Sundanese influences.

Surinamese-Javanese language is mainly based on Central Javanese language, especially from Kedu residency.

In Surinamese-Javanese language there is a difference between formal and informal speech.

The influence of the latter Javanese language, which is not spoken in Suriname, can be attributed to the Indonesian embassy and Islamic teachers from Indonesia.

Pupils where Surinamese-Javanese language is spoken at tend at home to speak Dutch rather than Surinamese-Javanese language .

Preliminary general classification of Javanese language dialects given by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's Department of Linguistics is as follows.

Standard Javanese is the variety of the Javanese language that was developed at the Yogyakarta and Surakarta courts, based on the Central Javanese dialect, and becomes the basis for the Javanese modern writings.

However, Javanese language can be written with the Arabic script and today generally uses Latin script instead of Javanese language script for practical purposes.

Javanese language is spoken throughout Indonesia, neighboring Southeast Asian countries, the Netherlands, Suriname, New Caledonia, and other countries.

Javanese language is taught at schools and is used in some mass media, both electronically and in print.