Language/Javanese
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Facts about Javanese
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
jav
- Autonyms (how to write "Javanese" in Javanese):
Basa Jawa / Aksara Jawa: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ / Pegon: باساجاوا
- Other names for "Javanese":
Djawa, Jawa
- The Javanese language is spoken in:
Indonesia
Javanese is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 98 million people (more than 42% of the total population of Indonesia).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_language
Javanese Dictionaries
• English Javanese vocabulary by D. W. Egner (1920)
• Vocabulary of the Duth, English and Javanese languages by Gottlob Bruckner (1842) in Javanese script
• Dictionnaire javanais-français: Javanese-French dictionary, by Pierre Favre (1870) in Javanese script
• Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civil affairs - medical
• Über die Kawi-sprache auf der insel Java: about the kawi language of the Java island, by Wilhelm von Humboldt (1839): I & II - III