Javanese language

Javanese
Basa Jawa, Basa Jawi
Spoken in	Java (Indonesia) Peninsular Malaysia  Suriname  New Caledonia
Total speakers	about 80 million total
Ranking	11
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Javanese
Writing system	Javanese script, Arabic script, Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	jv
ISO 639-2	jav
ISO 639-3	variously: jav – Javanese jvn – Caribbean Javanese jas – New Caledonian Javanese osi – Osing language tes – Tenggerese kaw – Old Javanese
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Javanese language (Javanese: basa Jawa, Indonesian: bahasa Jawa) is the language of the people in the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. In addition, there are also some pockets of Javanese speakers in the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 75,500,000 people.
The Javanese language is part of the Austronesian family, and is therefore related to Indonesian and other Malay varieties. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes and to communicate with non-Javanese Indonesians.
Outside Indonesia, there are some Javanese-speaking people in neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. In addition there are also people of Javanese descent in Suriname (the former Dutch Guiana until 1975), who speak a creole descendant of the language. The Javanese speakers in Malaysia are especially found in the states of Selangor and Johor. For distribution in other parts, as far as Suriname, see Demographic distribution of Javanese speakers below.

NB : Not to be confused with Japanese language.