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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

jv

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?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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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

Indonesia

68M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Javanese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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