Javanese
Let an agent explain the Javanese language and its dialects, relay speech levels, script and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe its status in Indonesia and Suriname, and distinguish Javanese from Indonesian, Sundanese, Malay and Old Javanese.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Javanese language and its dialects, relay speech levels, script and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe its status in Indonesia and Suriname, and distinguish Javanese from Indonesian, Sundanese, Malay and Old Javanese.
An Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken by about 70 to 80 million people mainly in central and eastern Java, Indonesia, the largest language without official status in any country, with dialects including the Surakarta and Yogyakarta standard, Tegal, Blora and Serang varieties and a Surinamese Javanese variety among descendants of contract labourers, with speech levels that encode social relations, and a long literary history in Old Javanese and its own script alongside Latin.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain dialects and speech levels; relay script and history; describe status; distinguish from related languages.
Distinguishing features
Largest non-official language
Speech levels
Javanese script
Classical literature
What it looks like
Not a visible object; speech and text in Latin or Javanese script.
Physical character
speakers: about 70-80 million - estimates
speech levels: ngoko, madya, krama list
Old Javanese attested: 9th century period
Surinamese Javanese speakers: about 60000 count - estimates
How it is recognised
Austronesian language of Java
Surakarta, Tegal, Blora, Serang and Surinamese Javanese; Javanese dialects
Indonesian is the national language; Sundanese is spoken in West Java; Old Javanese is the classical stage
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is written in - and Latin
is spoken in - and Suriname
is contrasted with - the national language
In practice
Families and kinds
central Javanese including the Surakarta and Yogyakarta standard
western Javanese including Tegal, Banten and Serang varieties
eastern Javanese including Blora and Surabaya varieties
Surinamese Javanese
Old and Middle Javanese
Javanese in diaspora communities
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 jv Javanese
ISO 639-3 jav Javanese
Glottolog java1254 Javanese
Standards and regulation
Indonesian language policy recognising regional languages
Regional regulations on Javanese in schools
ISO 639 codes
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Javanese with Indonesian or Malay
Ignoring speech level etiquette
Language shift among younger speakers
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Javanese is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Javanese, how is it classified, and how does it differ from Indonesian, Sundanese and Malay? definition
- Is the question about the language, a dialect, the script, Old Javanese or the Javanese people? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- How do the Surakarta standard, Tegal, Blora, Serang and Surinamese Javanese differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Learn Features and learning.
Practice.
Levels
Speech levels.
Levels
Levels.
- How do the ngoko, madya and krama speech levels work, and how do they encode social relations? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Resources
Learning resources.
Resources
Resources.
- What dictionaries, courses and corpora exist for Javanese? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Scripts Script and literature.
Attribution.
Script
Javanese script.
Script
Script.
- How does the Javanese script work, and how is it used alongside Latin today? provenance
- Which entry fits Javanese script? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the Old Javanese kakawin, later literature and modern writing? provenance
- Which entry fits Javanese literature? action
Context Status and diaspora.
Context.
Status
Status.
Status
Status.
- What is the status of Javanese in Indonesia, and what debates surround language shift, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Suriname
Surinamese Javanese.
Suriname
Suriname.
- How did Javanese come to Suriname, and how is Surinamese Javanese maintained? provenance
- Which entry fits Javanese Surinamese? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Old Javanese and Surinamese Javanese be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects; should they be split off?