Language code: jv
Technical information about ISO 639 language code jv
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The table below provides technical details for the Javanese language, designated by the jv code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Javanese Native Basa Jawa |
| Family | Austronesian |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Western JavaneseCentral JavaneseEastern Javanese |
| Related languages | SundaneseMadureseBalineseMalayOsing |
| Key facts | Employs intricate speech levels (ngoko, madya, krama) to signal formality and social statusHistorically written with its own Brahmi-derived script, Aksara Jawa, though the Latin alphabet is now dominantHas the largest native-speaker population of any Austronesian language that lacks national-language statusVocabulary shows heavy borrowing from Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch and IndonesianHas influenced Indonesian slang and everyday words such as ayo ‘let’s go’ and nggak ‘no’ |
| Sample phrase | ꦲꦭꦺꦴ, ꦥꦶꦪꦺ ꦏꦧꦂꦩꦸ? |
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Javanese belongs to the Austronesian language family. It is recognized as a regional language in Indonesia, particularly in the region of Yogyakarta. It is written using Latin, Javanese, and Pegon scripts, the latter being an Arabic script used for Javanese. It is estimated that there are more than 68 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
68M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Javanese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- Reports and Statistics
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ