Javanese

== Overview ==
Javanese is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers in the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 98 million people (more than 42% of the total population of Indonesia).
Javanese is one of the Austronesian languages, but it is not particularly close to other languages and is difficult to classify. Its closest relatives are the neighbouring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese and Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian, the standardized form of Malay spoken in Indonesia, 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 states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. Some people of Javanese descent in Suriname (the Dutch colony of Suriname until 1975) speak a creole descendant of the language.
== Javanese excerpt from Wikipedia article "Basa Jawa" ==
Basa Jawa dadi salah sijiné panyumbang sing gedhé dhéwé kanggo panuwuhané basa Indonésia. Sanadyan dudu basa resmi ing pamaréntahan, basa Jawa nduwé prabawa luwih akèh tinimbang basa-basa laladan liyané kaya ta ing kosakata, lan istilah-istilah sing kadhangkala nganggo tembung Jawa.
Peta iki gambar ing endi basa Jawa dianggo ing pasrawungan. Ijo tuwa tegesé basa Jawa basa mayoritas. Banjur ijo enom tegesé basa Jawa basa minoritas.
Basa Jawa iku péranganing sub-cabang Sundik saka kulawarga basa Malayu-Polinesia Kulon saka pang basa Malayu-Polinesiasing gilirané anggota basa Austronesia. Basa Jawa isih sadulur cedhak basa Malayu, basa Sundha, basa Madura, basa Bali, lan uga basa-basa ing pulo Sumatra sarta Kalimantan.
Basa Jawa dipigunakaké ing Jawa Tengah, Jawa Wétan lan uga pasisir lor Jawa Kulon. Banjur ing Madura, Bali, Lombok lan Tatar Sundha ing Jawa Kulon, basa Jawa uga ditrapaké dadi basa sastra. Basa Jawa uga basa dalem ing karaton Palembang, Sumatra Kidul sadurungé karaton iki dibedhah wong Walanda ing wusananing abad kaping 18.
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Category:Austronesian Languages
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