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Language code: jav

Technical information about ISO 639 language code jav

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The table below provides technical details for the Javanese language, designated by the jav code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

jav

Name

Official

Javanese

Native

Basa Jawa

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western JavaneseCentral JavaneseEastern Javanese
Related languages
MadureseBalineseSundaneseMalayOsing
Key facts
Employs elaborate speech levels such as ngoko, madya, and kramaWritten traditionally in the Brahmi-derived Aksara Jawa (Hanacaraka) script as well as Latin script todayContains a large stock of loanwords from Sanskrit, Arabic, and DutchOne of the world’s largest first-language Austronesian speech communitiesClassical Javanese literature includes renowned poetic works like the kakawin and serat.
Sample phrase

ꦲꦭꦺꦴ, ꦥꦶꦪꦺ ꦏꦧꦂꦩꦸ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Javanese language, identified by the code jav, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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