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{{Short description|Austronesian language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Javanese
| nativename       = {{lang|jv|basa Jawa<br />{{Script|Java|ꦧꦱꦗꦮ}}<br />{{Script|Arab|بَاسَا جَاوَا}}}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA-jv|bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ|}}
| states           = Indonesia
| ethnicity        = {{plainlist|
*Javanese
*• Samin
*• Banyumasan
*• Tenggerese
*• Cirebonese
*• Osing}}
| speakers         = {{sigfig|82.4|2}} million
| date             = 2007
| ref              = ne2007
| familycolor      = Austronesian
| fam2             = Malayo-Polynesian
| ancestor         = [[Social:Old Javanese|Old Javanese]]
| ancestor2        = Middle Javanese
| stand1           = [[Social:Kawi language|Kawi]]<br />(Early standard form)
| stand2           = Surakartan Javanese<br />(Modern standard form)
| dialects         = Javanese dialects
| script           = Latin script<br />Javanese script<br />Pegon script
| nation           = Indonesia
* Special Region of Yogyakarta (co-official with [[Social:Indonesian language|Indonesian]])<ref name= "Yogyakarta Special Region Regulation Number 2 of 2021" />
| minority         = Indonesia
* Banten (Banyumasan dialect)
* Central Java
* East Java
| agency           = Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
| iso1             = jv
| iso2             = jav
| lc1              = jav
| ld1              = Javanese
| lc2              = jvn
| ld2              = Caribbean Javanese
| lc3              = jas
| ld3              = New Caledonian Javanese
| lc4              = osi
| ld4              = Osing
| lc5              = tes
| ld5              = Tenggerese
| lc6              = kaw
| ld6              = [[Social:Kawi language|Kawi]]
| lingua           = 31-MFM-a
| image            = Aksara Jawa - basa jawa.svg
| imagescale       = 1
| imagecaption     = {{longitem|''Basa Jawa'' (Javanese language) written in the Javanese script}}
| imageheader      = 
| map              = Javanese language distribution.png
| mapcaption       = Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language.
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = java1253
| glottoname       = Javanesic
| glotto2          = java1254
| glottorefname    = Javanese
}}
[[File:Jawa ing aksara Jawa.svg|thumb|The word ''Jawa'' (Java) written in Javanese script]]
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Disa and Niken speaking Javanese.webm|thumb|Two Javanese speakers, recorded in Indonesia]]

'''Javanese''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|ɑː|v|ə|ˈ|n|iː|z}} {{respell|JAH|və|NEEZ}},<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> {{IPAc-en|dʒ|æ|v|ə|-}} {{respell|JAV|ə|-}}, {{IPAc-en|-|ˈ|n|iː|s}} {{respell|-|NEESS}};<ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|Javanese |access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> {{lang|jv|basa Jawa}}, Aksara Jawa: {{lang|jv|{{Script|Java|ꦧꦱꦗꦮ}}}}, Pegon: {{lang|jv|{{Script|Arab|بَاسَا جَاوَا}}}}, IPA: {{IPA-jv|bɔsɔ&nbsp;d͡ʒɔwɔ|}}) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, 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.<ref>{{cite book|publisher =Badan Pusat Statistik|title =Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia - Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010|year =2011|isbn =978-979-064-417-5|url =http://sp2010.bps.go.id/files/ebook/kewarganegaraan%20penduduk%20indonesia/index.html|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170710134114/http://sp2010.bps.go.id/files/ebook/kewarganegaraan%20penduduk%20indonesia/index.html|archive-date =2017-07-10|url-status =dead}}</ref>

Javanese is the largest of the [[Social:Austronesian languages|Austronesian languages]] in number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Javanese-language |title= Javanese language |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2010 |website= britannica.com |publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date= 17 March 2021}}</ref> Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as [[Social:Sundanese language|Sundanese]], Madurese, and [[Social:Balinese language|Balinese]]. Most speakers of Javanese also speak [[Social:Indonesian language|Indonesian]] for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians.

There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and [[Place:Singapore|Singapore]]. Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and [[Earth:New Caledonia|New Caledonia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://seasia.co/2017/12/08/121-years-of-javanese-people-in-new-caledonia |title=121 Years of Javanese People in New Caledonia |last=Akhyari Hananto |date=December 8, 2017 |website=Seasia: Good News from Southeast Asia}}</ref>

Along with [[Social:Indonesian language|Indonesian]], Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.<ref name="Yogyakarta Special Region Regulation Number 2 of 2021">{{cite act|type=Regional Regulation|index=2|date=2021|legislature=Governor of Special Region of Yogyakarta|title=Peraturan Daerah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Nomor 2 Tahun 2021 tentang Pemeliharaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Sastra, dan Aksara Jawa|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/162614/perda-no-2-tahun-2021|language=id}}</ref>

== Classification ==
Javanese is part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, although its precise relationship to other Malayo-Polynesian languages is hard to determine. Using the lexicostatistical method, Isidore Dyen classified Javanese as part of the "Javo-Sumatra Hesion", which also includes the [[Social:Sundanese language|Sundanese]] and "Malayic" languages.{{efn|Dyen's "Malayic" differs from the modern established concept of "Malayic" (introduced by Alexander Adelaar). Dyen's Malayic includes Madurese, Acehnese, and [[Social:Malayan languages|Malayan]] (<nowiki>=</nowiki>Malayic in the modern sense).}}{{sfn|Dyen|1965|p=26}}{{sfn|Nothofer|2009|p=560}} This grouping is also called "Malayo-Javanic" by linguist Berndt Nothofer, who was the first to attempt a reconstruction of it based on only four languages with the best attestation at the time (Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, and [[Social:Malay language|Malay]]).{{sfn|Nothofer|1975|p=1}}

Malayo-Javanic has been criticized and rejected by various linguists.{{sfn|Blust|1981}}{{sfn|Adelaar|2005a|pp=357, 385}} Alexander Adelaar does not include Javanese in his proposed [[Social:Malayo-Sumbawan languages|Malayo-Sumbawan]] grouping (which also covers Malayic, [[Social:Sundanese language|Sundanese]], and Madurese languages).{{sfn|Adelaar|2005a|pp=357, 385}}{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=590}} Robert Blust also does not include Javanese in the Greater North Borneo subgroup, which he proposes as an alternative to Malayo-Sumbawan grouping. However, Blust also expresses the possibility that Greater North Borneo languages are closely related to many other western Indonesian languages, including Javanese.{{sfn|Blust|2010|p=97}} Blust's suggestion has been further elaborated by Alexander Smith, who includes Javanese in the Western Indonesian grouping (which also includes GNB and several other subgroups), which Smith considers as one of Malayo-Polynesian's primary branches.{{sfn|Smith|2017|pp=443, 453–454}}

== History ==
In general, the history of the Javanese language can be divided into two distinct phases: 1) Old Javanese and 2) New Javanese.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=590}}{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=1}}

=== Old Javanese ===
{{main|Social:Kawi language}}
The earliest attested form of Old Javanese can be found on the Sukabumi inscription, which dates from 804 CE.{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=2}} Between the 8.5th and the 15th century, this form of Javanese flourished in the island of Java. Old Javanese is commonly written in the form of verses. This language variety is also called ''kawi'' or 'of poets, poetical's, although this term could also be used to refer to the archaic elements of New Javanese literature.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=590}} The writing system used to write Old Javanese is a descendant of the [[Social:Pallava script|Pallava script]] from India.{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=2}} Almost half of the entire vocabularies found in Old Javanese literature are Sanskrit loanwords, although Old Javanese also borrowed terms from other languages in the [[Place:Maritime Southeast Asia|Maritime Southeast Asia]].{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=590}}{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=2}}

The form of Old Javanese found in several texts from 14th century onward (mostly written in Bali) is sometimes referred to as "Middle Javanese". Both Old and Middle Javanese written forms have not been widely used in Java since early 16th century. However, Old Javanese works and poetic tradition continue to be preserved in the Javanese-influenced Bali, and the variety is also used for religious purposes.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=590}}{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=8}}

=== Modern Javanese ===
Modern Javanese emerged as the main literary form of the language in the 16th century. The change in the literary system happened as Islam started to gain influence in Java.{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=1}} In its early form, Modern Javanese literary form was based on the variety spoken in the north coast of Java, where Islam had already gained foothold among the local people. Many of the written works in this variety were Islamic in nature, and several of them were translation from works in Malay.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=591}} The Arabic abjad was also adopted (as Pegon) to write Javanese.{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=1}}{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=591}}

The rise of Mataram in the 17th century shifted the main literary form of Javanese to be based on the inland variety. This written tradition was preserved by writers of Surakarta and [[Place:Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]], and later became the basis of the modern written standard of the language.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=591}} Another linguistic development associated with the rise of Mataram is the stratification of Javanese into speech levels such as ''ngoko'' and ''krama'',{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=11}} which were unknown in Old Javanese.{{sfn|Ogloblin|2005|p=591}}{{sfn|Wedhawati|Nurlina|Setiyanto|Sukesti|2006|p=11}}

Books in Javanese have been printed since 1830s, at first using the Javanese script, although the Latin alphabet started to be used later. Since mid-19th century, Javanese has been used in newspapers and travelogues, and later, also novels, short stories, as well as free verses. Today, it is used in media, ranging from books to TV programs, and the language is also taught at schools in primarily Javanese areas.

Although Javanese is not a national language, it has recognized status as a regional language in the three Indonesian provinces with the biggest concentrations of Javanese people: Central Java, Yogyakarta, and East Java.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Javanese is taught at schools and is used in some [[Social:Mass media|mass media]], both electronically and in print. There is, however, no longer a daily newspaper in Javanese. Javanese-language magazines include ''Panjebar Semangat'', ''Jaka Lodhang'', ''Jaya Baya'', ''Damar Jati'', and ''Mekar Sari''.

Since 2003, an East Java local television station (JTV) has broadcast some of its programmes in the Surabayan (''Suroboyoan'') dialect, including ''{{ill|Pojok Kampung|id}}'' ("Village Corner", main newscast), ''Kuis RT/RW'' ("RT/RW Quiz"), and ''Pojok Perkoro'' ("Case Corner", a crime newscast). In later broadcasts, JTV offers programmes in the Central Javanese dialect (called by them ''basa kulonan'', "the western language") and Madurese. The speakers of Suroboyoan dialect are well known for being proud of their distinctive dialect and consistently maintain it wherever they go.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anwar |first=Luthfiatul Azizah Nuril |date=2021-12-09 |title=THE ROLE OF THE SURABAYA JAVANESE DIALECT (SUROBOYOAN DIALECT) |url=https://prosiding.iainponorogo.ac.id/index.php/celtall/article/view/561 |journal=Proceeding of Conference on English Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics, and Literature |language=en |volume=1 |pages=125–132}}</ref>

In 2005 a new Javanese language magazine, ''Damar Jati'', appeared. It is not published in the Javanese heartlands, but in Jakarta.

Javanese is designated as the official language of the Special Region of Yogyakarta under Yogyakarta Special Region Regulation Number 2 of 2021.<ref name="Yogyakarta Special Region Regulation Number 2 of 2021" /> Previously, Central Java promulgated a similar regulation—Regional Regulation 9/2012<ref>{{cite act|type=Regional Regulation|index=9|date=2012|legislature=|title=Peraturan Daerah Provinsi Jawa Tengah Nomor 9 Tahun 2012 tentang Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Aksara Jawa|url=https://jdih.jatengprov.go.id/downloads/produk_hukum/perda/perda_tahun_2012/perda_9_th_2012.pdf|language=id}}</ref>—but this did not imply an official status for the language.

== Geographical distribution ==

Javanese is spoken throughout Indonesia, neighboring [[Place:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]]n countries, the Netherlands, Suriname, [[Earth:New Caledonia|New Caledonia]], and other countries. The largest populations of speakers are found in the six provinces of Java itself, and in the neighboring Sumatran province of Lampung.

The language is spoken in Yogyakarta, Central and East Java, as well as on the north coast of West Java and Banten. It is also spoken elsewhere by the Javanese people in other provinces of Indonesia, who are numerous due to the government-sanctioned transmigration program in the late 20th century, including Lampung, Jambi, and North Sumatra provinces. In Suriname, Javanese is spoken among descendants of plantation migrants brought by the Dutch during the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Villerius |first=Sophie |date=2016 |title=Het Surinaams-Javaans anno 2016 |url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001201601_01/_oso001201601_01_0019.php |magazine=Oso |language=nl |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=276–294 |via=Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren}}</ref> In Madura, Bali, Lombok, and the Sunda region of West Java, it is also used as a [[Social:Literary language|literary language]]. It was the court language in Palembang, South Sumatra, until the palace was sacked by the Dutch in the late 18th century.

Javanese is written with the Latin script, Javanese script, and Arabic script.{{sfn|van der Molen|1993|pp=VII–VIII}} In the present day, the Latin script dominates writings, although the Javanese script is still taught as part of the compulsory Javanese language subject in elementary up to high school levels in Yogyakarta, Central and East Java.

Javanese is the tenth largest language by native speakers and the fifth largest language without official status at the national level. It is spoken or understood by approximately 100 million people. At least 45% of the total population of Indonesia are of Javanese descent or live in an area where Javanese is the dominant language. All seven Indonesian presidents since 1945 have been of Javanese descent.{{efn|Sukarno has a Javanese father and a Balinese mother, Habibie has a father of Gorontalo descent and a Javanese mother, while Megawati is Sukarno's daughter through his wife, who is from Bengkulu.}} It is therefore not surprising that Javanese has had a deep influence on the development of Indonesian, the national language of Indonesia.

There are three main dialects of the modern language: Central Javanese, Eastern Javanese, and Western Javanese. These three dialects form a dialect continuum from northern Banten in the extreme west of Java to Banyuwangi Regency in the eastern corner of the island. All Javanese dialects are more or less [[Social:Mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]].

A table showing the number of native speakers in 1980, for the 22 Indonesian provinces (from the total of 27) in which more than 1% of the population spoke Javanese:{{efn|The data are taken from the census of 1980 as provided by James J. Fox and Peter Gardiner and published by S. A. Wurm and Shiro Hattori, eds. 1983. ''Language Atlas of the Pacific Area, Part II: (Insular South-East Asia)'', Canberra.}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
! !! Indonesian province !! % of provincial population !! Javanese speakers (1980)
|-
| 1.
| Aceh
| align="right" | 6.7%
| align="right" | 175,000
|-
| 2.
| North Sumatra
| align="right" | 21.0%
| align="right" | 1,757,000
|-
| 3.
| West Sumatra
| align="right" | 1.0%
| align="right" | 56,000
|-
| 4.
| Jambi
| align="right" | 17.0%
| align="right" | 245,000
|-
| 5.
| South Sumatra
| align="right" | 12.4%
| align="right" | 573,000
|-
| 6.
| Bengkulu
| align="right" | 15.4%
| align="right" | 118,000
|-
| 7.
| Lampung
| align="right" | 62.4%
| align="right" | 2,886,000
|-
| 8.
| Riau
| align="right" | 8.5%
| align="right" | 184,000
|-
| 9.
| [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]]
| align="right" | 3.6%
| align="right" | 236,000
|-
| 10.
| West Java{{efn|In 1980 this included the now separate Banten province.}}
| align="right" | 13.3%
| align="right" | 3,652,000
|-
| 11.
| Central Java
| align="right" | 96.9%
| align="right" | 24,579,000
|-
| 12.
| [[Place:Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]
| align="right" | 97.6%
| align="right" | 2,683,000
|-
| 13.
| East Java
| align="right" | 74.5%
| align="right" | 21,720,000
|-
| 14.
| [[Place:Bali|Bali]]
| align="right" | 1.1%
| align="right" | 28,000
|-
| 15.
| West Kalimantan
| align="right" | 1.7%
| align="right" | 41,000
|-
| 16.
| Central Kalimantan
| align="right" | 4.0%
| align="right" | 38,000
|-
| 17.
| South Kalimantan
| align="right" | 4.7%
| align="right" | 97,000
|-
| 18.
| East Kalimantan
| align="right" | 10.1%
| align="right" | 123,000
|-
| 19.
| North Sulawesi
| align="right" | 1.0%
| align="right" | 20,000
|-
| 20.
| Central Sulawesi
| align="right" | 2.9%
| align="right" | 37,000
|-
| 21.
| Southeast Sulawesi
| align="right" | 3.6%
| align="right" | 34,000
|-
| 22.
| Maluku
| align="right" | 1.1%
| align="right" | 16,000
|}

According to the 1980 census, Javanese was used daily in approximately 43% of Indonesian households. By this reckoning there were well over 60 million Javanese speakers,<ref>According to James J. Fox and Peter Gardiner ({{harvnb|Wurm|Hattori|1983}}).</ref> from a national population of 147,490,298.<ref>''Collins Concise Dictionary Plus'' (1989).</ref>{{efn|The distribution of persons living in Javanese-speaking households in East Java and Lampung requires clarification. For East Java, daily-language percentages are as follows: 74.5 Javanese, 23.0 Madurese, and 2.2 Indonesian. For Lampung, the official percentages are 62.4 Javanese, 16.4 Lampungese and other languages, 10.5 Sundanese, and 9.4 Indonesian. The figures are somewhat outdated for some regions, especially Jakarta; but they remain more or less stable for the rest of Java. In Jakarta the number of Javanese has increased tenfold in the last 25 years. On the other hand, because of the conflict the number of Javanese in Aceh might have decreased. It is also relevant that Banten has separated from West Java province in 2000.}}

[[File:Raden Segara (Madurese in Javanese script-published in 1890) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Madurese in Javanese script]]
In Banten, the descendants of the Central Javanese conquerors who founded the Islamic Sultanate there in the 16th century still speak an archaic form of Javanese.{{sfn|Pigeaud|1967|pp=10–11}} The rest of the population mainly speaks Sundanese and Indonesian, since this province borders directly on Jakarta.{{efn|Many commuters to Jakarta live in the suburbs in Banten, among them also Javanese speakers. Their exact number is unknown.}}

At least one third of the population of [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]] are of Javanese descent, so they speak Javanese or have knowledge of it. In the province of West Java, many people speak Javanese, especially those living in the areas bordering Central Java, the cultural homeland of the Javanese.

Almost a quarter of the population of East Java province are Madurese (mostly on the Isle of Madura); many Madurese have some knowledge of colloquial Javanese. Since the 19th century, Madurese was also written in the Javanese script.{{efn|The aspirated phonemes of Madurese are not reproduced in writing. The 19th-century scribes apparently overlooked the fact that Javanese script does possess the required characters.}}

The original inhabitants of Lampung, the Lampungese, make up only 15% of the provincial population. The rest are the so-called "transmigrants", settlers from other parts of Indonesia, many as a result of past government transmigration programs. Most of these transmigrants are Javanese who have settled there since the 19th century.

In Suriname (the former Dutch colony of Surinam), South America, approximately 15% of the population of some 500,000 are of Javanese descent, among whom 75,000 speak Javanese. A local variant evolved: the ''Tyoro Jowo-Suriname'' or ''Suriname Javanese''.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bartje S. |last1=Setrowidjojo |first2=Ruben T. |last2=Setrowidjojo |title=Het Surinaams-Javaans = Tyoro Jowo-Suriname |location=Den Haag |publisher=Suara Jawa |year=1994 |isbn=90-802125-1-2}}</ref>

== Phonology ==
The phonemes of Modern Standard Javanese as shown below.<ref name="concise"/><ref name="Ignatius Suharno 1982" />

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align: center;"
|-
!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! Close
| {{IPA link|i}}
| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| {{IPA link|u}}
|-
! Close-mid
| {{IPA link|e}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ə}}
| {{IPA link|o}}
|-
! Open-mid
| ({{IPA link|ɛ}})
| ({{IPA link|ɔ}})
|-
! Open
| &nbsp;
| {{IPA link|a}}
| &nbsp;
|}

In closed syllables the vowels {{IPA|/i u e o/}} are pronounced {{IPA|[ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ]}} respectively.<ref name="concise"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Perwitasari|first1=Arum|last2= Klamer|first2=Marian|last3=Witteman|first3=Jurriaan|last4=Schiller|first4=Niels O.|date=2017|title=Quality of Javanese and Sundanese Vowels|journal=Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society|volume=10|issue=2|pages=1–9|hdl=10524/52406|hdl-access=free}}</ref> In open syllables, {{IPA|/e o/}} are also {{IPA|[ɛ ɔ]}} when the following vowel is {{IPA|/i u/}} in an open syllable; otherwise they are {{IPA|/ə/}}, or identical ({{IPA|/e...e/, /o...o/}}). In the standard dialect of Surakarta, {{IPA|/a/}} is pronounced {{IPA|[ɔ]}} in word-final open syllables, and in any open penultimate syllable before such an {{IPA|[ɔ]}}.

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="2" | 
! Labial
! Dental/<br />Alveolar
! Retroflex
! Palatal
! Velar
! Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" |Nasal
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| 
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
| 
|-
! rowspan="2" | Plosive/<br />Affricate
! {{small|stiff voice}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t̪}}
| {{IPA link|ʈ}}
| {{IPA link|tʃ}}
| {{IPA link|k}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
! {{small|slack voice}}
| {{IPA link|b̥}}
| {{IPA link|d̪̥}}
| {{IPA link|ɖ̥}}
| {{IPA link|dʒ̊}}
| {{IPA link|ɡ̊}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Fricative
| 
| {{IPA link|s}}
| 
| 
| 
| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" | Semivowel
| 
| 
| 
| {{IPA link|j}}
| {{IPA link|w}}
| 
|-
! rowspan="2" | Liquid
! {{small|lateral}}
| 
| {{IPA link|l}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! {{small|rhotic}}
| 
| {{IPA link|r}}
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}

The Javanese "voiced" phonemes are not in fact voiced but voiceless, with breathy voice on the following vowel.<ref name="concise"/> The relevant distinction in phonation of the plosives is described as stiff voice versus slack voice.<ref name="SOWL96">{{SOWL}}</ref><ref name="Ignatius Suharno 1982">{{Cite book |title=A Descriptive Study of Javanese |last=Suharno |first=Ignatius |publisher=ANU Asia-Pacific Linguistics / Pacific Linguistics Press |year=1982 |location=Canberra |pages=4–6 |doi=10.15144/PL-D45 |hdl=1885/145095 |isbn=9780858832589 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

A Javanese syllable can have the following form: {{not a typo|CSVC}}, where C&nbsp;= consonant, S&nbsp;= sonorant ({{IPA|/j/, /r/, /l/, /w/}}, or any nasal consonant), and V&nbsp;= vowel. As with other Austronesian languages, native Javanese roots consist of two syllables; words consisting of more than three syllables are broken up into groups of disyllabic words for pronunciation. In Modern Javanese, a disyllabic root is of the following type: {{not a typo|nCsvVnCsvVC}}.

Apart from Madurese, Javanese is the only language of Western Indonesia to possess a distinction between dental and retroflex phonemes.<ref name="concise">{{cite book |title=Concise encyclopedia of languages of the world|first1=Keith|last1=Brown|first2=Sarah|last2=Ogilvie|year=2008 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn= 9780080877747 |page=560 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2SRqDzB50wC&q=%22javanese+phonology%22&pg=PA560 |access-date=2010-05-24}} Madurese also possesses aspirated phonemes, including at least one aspirated retroflex phoneme.</ref> The latter sounds are transcribed as "th" and "dh" in the modern Roman script, but previously by the use of an underdot: "ṭ" and "ḍ".

== Grammar ==

=== Morphology ===
Javanese, like many other Austronesian languages, is an agglutinative language, where base words are modified through extensive use of [[Social:Affix|affix]]es.

==== Personal pronoun ====
Javanese has no specific personal pronoun to express plural except for the word ''kita'' which is probably absorbed from Indonesian or Malay. Pronoun pluralization can be ignored or expressed by using phrases such as ''aku kabèh'' 'we', ''awaké dhéwé'' 'us', ''dhèwèké kabèh'' 'them' and so on. Personal pronoun in Javanese, especially for the second and third person, are more often replaced by certain nouns or titles. In addition to the pronoun described in the table below, Javanese still has a variety of other pronoun whose use varies depending on the dialect or level of speech.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Wedhawati |title=Tata Bahasa Jawa Mutakhir |last2=Nurlina |first2=Wiwin Emi Siti |last3=Setiyanto |first3=Edi |publisher=Pusat Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Indonesia |year=2001 |isbn=978-9-79-685141-6 |location=Jakarta |language=id |trans-title=Latest Javanese Grammar}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Robson |first=Stuart |title=Javanese Grammar for Students: A Graded Introduction |publisher=Monash University Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=9781922235374 |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Adelaar|2005b}}{{page needed|date=July 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|+Personal Pronoun<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />{{sfn|Adelaar|2005b}}{{page needed|date=July 2023}}
! rowspan="2" |Gloss
! colspan="4" |Freestanding form
! rowspan="2" |Prefix
! rowspan="2" |Suffix
|-
!''Ngoko''
!''Madya''
!''Krama''
!''Krama InggilKrama Andhap''
|-
|{{gcl|1SG}}, {{gcl|1PL.EXCL|First person plural exclusive}}
I
|''aku''
|–
|''kula''
|''dalem''
|''tak''-, ''dak''-
| -''ku''
|-
|''kita''
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|-
|{{gcl|2SG}}, {{gcl|2PL}}
You
|''kowé''
|''samang''
|''sampéyan''
|''panjenengan''
|''ko''-, ''kok''-
| -''mu''
|-
|{{gcl|3SG}}, {{gcl|3PL}}
He, She, It
|''dhèwèké''
|–
|''piyambakipun''
|''panjenengané'',
''panjenenganipun''
|''di''-
| -''(n)é'', -''(n)ipun''
|}

==== Demonstrative ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|+Demonstrative
!
!'''Proximal'''
!Medial
!Distal
|-
!neutral
|''iki'', ''kiyi'', ''kiyé''
|''iku'', ''kuwi'', ''kuwé''
|(''ika''), ''kaé''
|-
!local
|''kéné'' 
|''kono'' 
|''kana'' 
|-
!locative
|''mréné'', ''réné'' 
|''mrono'', ''rono''
|''mrana'', ''rana''
|-
!modal
|''mengkéné'', ''ngéné''
|''mengkono'', ''ngono''
|''mengkana'', ''ngana''
|-
!quantitative
|''seméné'', ''méné'' 
|''semono'', ''mono''
|''semana'', ''mana''
|-
!temporal
|''sepréné'' 
|–
|''seprana'' 
|}

==== Noun ====

==== Numeral ====

==== Verb ====

=== Syntax ===
Modern Javanese usually employs [[Social:Subject–verb–object|SVO]] word order. However, Old Javanese sometimes had [[Social:Verb–subject–object|VSO]] and sometimes VOS word order. Even in Modern Javanese, archaic sentences using VSO structure can still be made.

Examples:
* Modern Javanese: "''Dhèwèké'' (S) ''teka'' (V) ''ing'' (pp.) ''karaton'' (O)".<ref>Piwulang Basa Jawa Pepak, S.B. Pramono, hal 148, Babad Hanacaraka, 2013</ref>
* Old Javanese: "''Teka'' (V) ''ta'' (part.) ''sira'' (S) ''ri'' (pp.) ''-ng'' (def. art.) ''kadhatwan'' (O)".{{efn|The Old Javanese spelling is modified to suit Modern Javanese spelling.}}

Both sentences mean: "He (S) comes (V) into (pp.) the (def. art.) palace (O)". In the Old Javanese sentence, the verb is placed at the beginning and is separated by the particle ''ta'' from the rest of the sentence. In Modern Javanese the definite article is lost, and definiteness is expressed by other means if necessary.

Verbs are not inflected for person or number. There is no grammatical tense; time is expressed by auxiliary words meaning "yesterday", "already", etc. There is a complex system of verb affixes to express differences of status in subject and object. However, in general the structure of Javanese sentences both Old and Modern can be described using the topic–comment model, without having to refer to conventional grammatical categories. The topic is the head of the sentence; the comment is the modifier. So the example sentence has a simpler description: ''Dhèwèké''&nbsp;= ''topic''; ''teka''&nbsp;= comment; ''ing karaton''&nbsp;= setting.

== Vocabulary ==
Javanese has many loanwords supplementing those from the native Austronesian base. [[Social:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] has had a deep and lasting impact. The ''Old Javanese–English Dictionary'' contains approximately 25,500 entries, over 12,600 of which are borrowings from Sanskrit.{{sfn|Zoetmulder|1982|p=IX}} Such a high number is no measure of usage, but it does suggest the extent to which the language adopted Sanskrit words for formal purposes. In a typical Old Javanese literary work about 25% of the vocabulary is from Sanskrit. Many Javanese personal names also have clearly recognisable Sanskrit roots.

Sanskrit words are still very much in use. Modern speakers may describe Old Javanese and Sanskrit words as ''[[Social:Kawi language|kawi]]'' (roughly meaning "literary"); but ''kawi'' words may also be from [[Social:Arabic language|Arabic]]. [[Social:Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[Social:Malay language|Malay]] are influential as well; but none of these rivals the position of Sanskrit.

There are far fewer Arabic loanwords in Javanese than in Malay, and they are usually concerned with [[Religion:Islam|Islam]]ic religion. Nevertheless, some words have entered the basic vocabulary, such as ''pikir'' ("to think", from the Arabic ''fikr''), ''badan'' ("body"), ''mripat'' ("eye", thought to be derived from the Arabic ''ma'rifah'', meaning "knowledge" or "vision"). However, these Arabic words typically have native Austronesian or Sanskrit alternatives: ''pikir''&nbsp;= ''galih'', ''idhep'' (Austronesian) and ''manah'', ''cipta'', or ''cita'' (from Sanskrit); ''badan''&nbsp;= ''awak'' (Austronesian) and ''slira'', ''sarira'', or ''angga'' (from Sanskrit); and ''mripat''&nbsp;= ''mata'' (Austronesian) and ''soca'' or ''nétra'' (from Sanskrit).

Dutch loanwords usually have the same form and meaning as in Indonesian, with a few exceptions such as:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Javanese
! Indonesian
! Dutch
! English
|-
| ''pit''
| ''sepeda''
| ''fiets''
| bicycle
|-
| ''pit montor''
| ''sepeda motor''
| ''motorfiets''
| motorcycle
|-
| ''sepur''
| ''kereta api''
| ''spoor'', i.e. (rail) track
| train
|-
| ''potelot''
| ''pensil''
| ''potlood''
| pencil
|}

The word ''sepur'' also exists in Indonesian, but there it has preserved the ''literal'' Dutch meaning of "railway tracks", while the Javanese word follows Dutch ''figurative'' use, and "spoor" (lit. "rail") is used as metonymy for "trein" (lit. "train"). (Compare a similar metonymic use in English: "to travel by rail" may be used for "to travel by train".)

Malay was the lingua franca of the Indonesian archipelago before the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945; and Indonesian, which was based on Malay, is now the official language of Indonesia. As a consequence, there has been an influx of Malay and Indonesian vocabulary into Javanese. Many of these words are concerned with bureaucracy or politics.

=== Basic vocabulary ===
{| class="wikitable"
! English !! ''Ngoko'' !! ''Krama''
|-
| yes || iya || inggih ''or'' nggih<ref>Piwulang Basa Jawa Pepak, S.B. Pramono, hal 148, 2013</ref>
|-
| no || ora || mboten
|-
| what || apa || punapa
|-
| who || sapa || sinten
|-
| how || kapriyé ''or'' kepiyé || kados pundi ''or'' pripun
|-
| why || nangapa ''or'' ngapa || kènging punapa
|-
| eat || mangan || nedha
|-
| sleep || turu || saré
|-
| here || ing kéné
|| ing riki ''or'' mriki
|-
| there || ing kana
|| ing rika ''or'' mrika
|-
| there is (there are) || ana || wonten
|-
| there is no (there are no) || ora ana || boten wonten
|-
| no! ''or'' I don't want it! || emoh || wegah
|-
| make a visit for pleasure || dolan || amèng-amèng
|}

=== Numbers ===
{{main|Javanese numerals}}
[Javanese Ngoko is on the left, and Javanese Krama is on the right.]

{| class="wikitable"
! Numeral !! Javanese script !! Ngoko !! Krama !! Notes
|-
|0 ||  {{Jav|꧇꧐꧇}}
|| nul, das || das || 
|-
|1 || {{Jav|꧇꧑꧇}} || siji || satunggal ||
|-
|2 || {{Jav|꧇꧒꧇}} || loro || kalih ||
|-
|3 || {{Jav|꧇꧓꧇}} || telu || tiga || Krama word is derived from Pali ''tiga'', from Sanskrit ''trika''
|-
|4 || {{Jav|꧇꧔꧇}} || papat || sakawan ||
|-
|5 || {{Jav|꧇꧕꧇}} || lima || gangsal ||
|-
|6 || {{Jav|꧇꧖꧇}} || enem || enem ||
|-
|7 || {{Jav|꧇꧗꧇}} || pitu || pitu ||
|-
|8 || {{Jav|꧇꧘꧇}} || wolu || wolu ||
|-
|9 || {{Jav|꧇꧙꧇}} || sanga || sanga ||
|-
|10 || {{Jav|꧇꧑꧐꧇}} || sapuluh || sadasa || Krama word is derived from Austronesian prefix ''sa-'' "one, a" and Sanskrit word ''dasa'' "ten"
|-
|11 || ꧇꧑꧑꧇
|| sewelas || satunggal welas ||
|-
|20 || ꧇꧒꧐꧇
|| rong puluh || kalih dasa ||
|-
|21 || ꧇꧒꧑꧇
|| selikur || satunggal likur
||
|-
|22 || ꧇꧒꧒꧇
|| ro likur || kalih likur
||
|-
|23 || ꧇꧒꧓꧇
|| telu likur || tigang likur
||
|-
|24 || ꧇꧒꧔꧇
|| pat likur || sakawan likur
||
|-
|25 || ꧇꧒꧕꧇
|| selawé || salangkung
||
|-
|26 || ꧇꧒꧖꧇
|| nem likur || enem likur
||
|-
|27 || ꧇꧒꧗꧇
|| pitu likur || pitung likur
||
|-
|28 || ꧇꧒꧘꧇
|| wolu likur || wolung likur
||
|-
|29 || ꧇꧒꧙꧇
|| sangang likur || sangang likur
||
|-
|30 || ꧇꧓꧐꧇
|| telung puluh || tigang dasa ||
|-
|31 || ꧇꧓꧑꧇
|| telung puluh siji || tigang dasa satunggal ||
|-
|40 || ꧇꧔꧐꧇
|| patang puluh || sakawan dasa ||
|-
|41 || ꧇꧔꧑꧇
|| patang puluh siji || sakawan dasa satunggal ||
|-
|50 || {{Jav|꧇꧕꧐꧇}} || sèket || sèket ||
|-
|51 || ꧇꧕꧑꧇
|| sèket siji || sèket satunggal ||
|-
|60 || ꧇꧖꧐꧇
||  sewidak || sawidak ||
|-
|61 || ꧇꧖꧑꧇
||  sewidak siji || sawidak satunggal ||
|-
|70 || ꧇꧗꧐꧇
||  pitung puluh || pitung dasa ||
|-
|80 || ꧇꧘꧐꧇
||  wolung puluh || wolung dasa ||
|-
|90 || ꧇꧙꧐꧇
||  sangang puluh || sangang dasa ||
|-
|100 || {{Jav|꧇꧑꧐꧐꧇}} || satus || satunggal atus ||
|-
! colspan="2" | hundreds
| atusan || atusan ||
|-
|1000 || {{Jav|꧇꧑꧐꧐꧐꧇}} || sèwu || satunggal èwu ||
|-
! colspan="2" | thousands
| éwon || éwon ||
|}

=== Registers {{anchor|Registers}} ===
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret met de echtgenote van kunstschilder Raden Saleh en een bediende Batavia TMnr 60043601.jpg|thumb|A Javanese noble lady (left) would address her servant with one vocabulary, and be answered with another. (Studio portrait of painter Raden Saleh's wife and a servant, colonial Batavia, 1860–1872.)]]
In common with other Austronesian languages, Javanese is spoken differently depending on the social context. In Austronesian there are often three distinct styles or [[Social:Register (sociolinguistics)|registers]].{{sfn|Uhlenbeck|1964|p=57}} Each employs its own vocabulary, grammatical rules, and even [[Social:Prosody (linguistics)|prosody]]. In Javanese these styles are called:
# ''Ngoko'' ({{jav|ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ}}): [[Social:Vernacular|Vernacular]] or informal speech, used between friends and close relatives. It is also used by persons of higher status (such as elders, or bosses) addressing those of lower status (young people, or subordinates in the workplace).
# ''Madya'' ({{jav|ꦩꦢꦾ}}): Intermediate between ''ngoko'' and ''krama''. Strangers on the street would use it, where status differences may be unknown and one wants to be neither too formal nor too informal. The term is from Sanskrit ''madhya'' ("middle").<ref name=code>{{Cite book
  | last = Wolff
  | first = John U.
  |author2=Soepomo Poedjosoedarmo
  | title = Communicative Codes in Central Java
  | publisher = Cornell Southeast Asia Program
  | year = 1982
  | page = 4
  | isbn = 0-87727-116-X}}</ref>
# ''Krama'' ({{jav|ꦏꦿꦩ}}): The polite, high-register, or formal style. It is used between those of the same status when they do not wish to be informal. It is used by persons of lower status to persons of higher status, such as young people to their elders, or subordinates to bosses; and it is the official style for public speeches, announcements, etc. The term is from Sanskrit ''krama'' ("in order").<ref name=code/>

There are also "meta-style" [[Social:Honorific|honorific]] words, and their converse "humilifics". Speakers use "humble" words concerning themselves, but honorific words concerning anyone of greater age of higher social status. The humilific words are called ''krama andhap'', while the honorifics are called ''krama inggil''. This honorific system is very similar to that of the Japanese ''keigo'', and was likely influenced by it during the Japanese Empire's occupation of Java in World War II.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Children typically use the ''ngoko'' style, but in talking to the parents they must be competent with both ''krama inggil'' and ''krama andhap''.

The most polite word meaning "eat" is ''dhahar''. But it is forbidden to use these most polite words for oneself, except when talking with someone of lower status; and in this case, ''ngoko'' style is used. Such most polite words are reserved for addressing people of higher status:
* Mixed usages
** (honorific – addressing someone of high status) ''Bapak kersa dhahar?'' ("Do you want to eat?"; literally "Does father want to eat?")
** (reply to a person of lower status, expressing speaker's superiority) ''Iya, aku kersa dhahar.'' ("Yes, I want to eat.")
** (reply to a person of lower status, but without expressing superiority) ''Iya, aku arep mangan.''
** (reply to a person of equal status) ''Inggih, kula badhé nedha.''

The use of these different styles is complicated and requires thorough knowledge of Javanese culture, which adds to the difficulty of Javanese for foreigners. The full system is not usually mastered by most Javanese themselves, who might use only the ''ngoko'' and a rudimentary form of the ''krama''. People who can correctly use the different styles are held in high esteem.

== Dialects ==
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van Pakoe Boewono X soesoehoenan van Soerakarta TMnr 10001886.jpg|thumb|Susuhunan Pakubuwono X of Surakarta. Surakarta has been a center of Javanese culture, and its dialect is regarded as the most "refined".]]
There are three main groups of Javanese [[Social:Dialect|dialect]]s, based on sub-regions: Western Javanese, Central Javanese, and Eastern Javanese. The differences are primarily in pronunciation, but with vocabulary differences also. Javanese dialects are all mutually intelligible.

A preliminary general classification of Javanese dialects given by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's Department of Linguistics is as follows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Field Station > Projects > Javanese Dialectology |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/javanese_dialectology.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513144247/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/javanese_dialectology.php |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |website=MPI EVA Jakarta Field Station}}</ref> Pesisir (Tegalan), Banyumas and Tengger are considered to be among the most conservative dialects.<ref name="Pemalang">{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Field Station > Projects > Javanese Dialectology > Pemalangan Dialect (Pesisir Lor) |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/pemalangan.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131142/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/pemalangan.php |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |website=MPI EVA Jakarta Field Station}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Conners |first=Thomas J. |date=April 26, 2010 |title=Standard vs. Peripheral Javanese Dialects: The Lexical Evidence |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/docs/Standard_vs_Peripheral_Javanese_Dialects,_Thomas_Conners.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514132258/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/docs/Standard_vs_Peripheral_Javanese_Dialects,_Thomas_Conners.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-14 |access-date=2013-11-23}}</ref> The Banten, Pesisir Lor, Banyumas and Tengger dialect do not have the vowel raising and vowel harmony features that are innovations of the "standard" Solo and Yogyakarta dialects.
* '''West Java (Geographically) :'''
** Banten
** Cirebon
* '''Central Java (Geographically)''' :
** Pesisir Lor dialects<ref name="Pemalang" />
*** Tegal
*** Pemalang
*** Pekalongan
** [[Place:Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]
** Surakarta/Solo
** Semarang
** Banyumas<ref name="Banyumasan" />
*** Cilacap
*** Purwokerto
*** Kebumen
* '''East Java (Geographically)'''
** Surabaya
** Malang
** Madiun-Kediri-Nganjuk<ref name="MadiunKediri">{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Field Station > Projects > Javanese Dialectology > Madiun – Kediri Dialect |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/madiun.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131153/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/madiun.php |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |website=MPI EVA Jakarta Field Station}}</ref>
** Lumajang
** Osing<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Field Station > Projects > Javanese Dialectology > Osing Dialect |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/osing.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131202/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/osing.php |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |website=MPI EVA Jakarta Field Station}}</ref>
** Tengger

=== Dialects description ===

==== Standard Javanese ====
Standard Javanese is the variety of the Javanese language that was developed at the Yogyakarta and [[History:Surakarta Sunanate|Surakarta]] courts (the heirs to the Mataram Sultanate that once dominated the whole of Java and beyond), based on the Central Javanese dialect, and becomes the basis for the Javanese modern writings. It is marked with the strict usage of two speech levels for politeness, i.e. [[Social:Vernacular|vernacular]] level called ''ngoko'' and high-register level called ''krama''. Other dialects do not contrast the usage of the speech levels.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Adelaar |first=Alexander |date=2011 |title=Javanese -''aké'' and -''akən'': A Short History |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=338–350 |doi=10.1353/ol.2011.0024 |issn=1527-9421 |doi-access=free|hdl=11343/122871 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

==== Central Javanese ====
Central Javanese (''Jawa Tengahan'') is founded on the speech of Surakarta{{efn|For example Pigeaud's dictionary in 1939 is almost exclusively based on Surakarta speech (1939:viii–xiii).}} and to a lesser extent of [[Place:Yogyakarta|Yogyakarta]]. It is considered the most "refined" of the regional variants, and serves as a model for the standard language. This variant is used throughout eastern part of Central Java, the Special Region of Yogyakarta, and the western part of East Java provinces. There are many lower-level dialects such as ''Muria'' and ''Semarangan'', as well as ''Surakarta'' and ''Yogyakarta'' themselves. Javanese spoken in the Madiun region (along with Javanese spoken in Blitar, Ponorogo, Pacitan, and Tulungagung, and central parts of Kediri) bears a strong influence of Surakarta Javanese. The variations in Central Java are said to be so plentiful that almost every administrative region (or ''kabupatèn'') has its own local slang; but those minor dialects are not seen as distinct by most Javanese speakers.

# '''Mataram dialect''', '''Kewu dialect''', or '''Standard dialect''' is spoken commonly in Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Klaten, Karanganyar, Wonogiri, Sukoharjo, Sragen, and Boyolali.
# '''Pekalongan dialect''' is spoken in Pekalongan, Pekalongan regency, Batang and also in Pemalang.
# '''Kedu dialect''' is spoken in the former Kedu residency, including: Temanggung, eastern part of Kebumen, Magelang, and Wonosobo.
## '''Bagelen dialect''' is sub-dialect of Kedu spoken in Purworejo.
# '''Semarang dialect''' is spoken in Semarang, Semarang regency, and also Salatiga, Grobogan, Demak and Kendal.
# '''Muria (Agung) dialect''' or '''Eastern North-Coast dialect''' is spoken in Jepara, Rembang, Kudus, Pati, and also in Tuban and Bojonegoro.
## '''Blora dialect''' is sub-dialect of Muria, spoken in Blora, the eastern part of Grobogan, and the western part of Ngawi.
# '''Madiunan dialect''' or '''Mataraman dialect''' is spoken mainly in western part of East Java province, including Madiun, Ngawi, Pacitan, Ponorogo, Magetan, Kediri, Nganjuk, Trenggalek, Tulungagung, and Blitar.

==== Western Javanese ====
Western Javanese (''Jawa Kulonan''), spoken in the western part of the Central Java province and throughout the West Java and Banten province (particularly on the north coast), includes dialects that are distinct for their [[Social:Sundanese language|Sundanese]] influences. It retains many archaic words and original pronunciation from Old Javanese.

# '''North Banten dialect''' (''Jawa Sérang'') is spoken in Serang, Cilegon, and the western part of Tangerang regency.
# '''Cirebon dialect''' (''Cirebonan'' or ''basa Cerbon'') is spoken in Cirebon, Indramayu, and Losari.
# '''Tegal dialect''', known as ''Tegalan'' or ''dhialèk Pantura'' (North-Coast dialect), is spoken in Tegal, Brebes, and the western part of Pemalang regency.
# '''Banyumas dialect''', known as ''Banyumasan'', is spoken in Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara, and Bumiayu.

Some Western Javanese dialects such as Banyumasan dialects and Tegal dialect are sometimes referred to as ''basa ngapak'' by other Javanese because of the dialectal pronunciation of word ''apa'' (what).

==== Eastern Javanese ====
Eastern Javanese (''Jawa Wétanan'') speakers range from the eastern banks of Brantas River in Kertosono, and from Jombang to Banyuwangi, comprising the second majority of the East Java province excluding Madura island , Situbondo and Bondowoso. However, some variant like Pedalungan has been influenced by Madurese.

The most outlying Eastern Javanese dialect is spoken in Balambangan (or Banyuwangi). It is generally known as ''basa Using''. ''Using'', a local negation word, is a cognate of ''tusing'' in [[Social:Balinese language|Balinese]].

# '''Arekan dialect''' is commonly spoken in Surabaya, Malang, Gresik, Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Lumajang, southern part of Jember, eastern part of Lamongan, and Sidoarjo. Many Madurese people also use this dialect as their second language.
## '''Pasisir Lor Wétan''' (Northeastern Coast) '''dialect''' is spoken in Mojokerto, eastern part of Lamongan, Sidoarjo, Gresik, and Surabaya.
## '''Malang-Pasuruhan dialect''' is spoken in Malang and Pasuruan.
## '''Lumajangan dialect''' is sub-dialect of arekan spoken in most part of Lumajang (except in north-east which base of madurese people's) and also spoken in southern part of Jember like Puger, Ambulu etc
# '''Jombang dialect'''
# '''Tengger dialect''' used by Tengger people, which is centered in thirty villages in the isolated Tengger mountains (Mount Bromo) within the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East-Central Java.
# '''Osing dialect''' spoken in central part of Banyuwangi.

==== Surinamese-Javanese ====
Surinamese-Javanese is mainly based on Central Javanese, especially from Kedu residency. The number of speakers of Suriname-Javanese in Suriname was estimated at 60,000 as of 2012.<ref name="taalunieversum.org">{{Citation |last1=Kroon |first1=Sjaak |title=Meertaligheid in het onderwijs in Suriname |url=http://taalunieversum.org/sites/tuv/files/downloads/meertaligheid_in_het_onderwijs_in_suriname.pdf |date=2012 |trans-title=Multilingualism in education in Suriname |place=Den Haag |publisher=Nederlandse Taalunie |language=nl |isbn=978-90-70593-19-3 |last2=Yağmur |first2=Kutlay}}</ref> Most Surinamese-Javanese are bi- or trilingual. According to the 2004 census, Surinamese-Javanese was the first or second language in 11 percent of households. In a 2012 study of multilingualism in Surinamese education by the Dutch Language Union,<ref name="taalunieversum.org" /> 3,497 out of 22,643 pupils (15 percent) in primary education indicated Surinamese-Javanese as a language spoken at home. Most of them were living in Wanica and Paramaribo districts.

Not all immigrants from Indonesia to Suriname were speakers of Javanese. Immigration records show that 90 percent of immigrants were Javanese, with 5 percent Sundanese, 0.5 percent Madurese and 2.5 percent from Batavia. The ethnic composition of this last group was not determinable. Probably Sundanese, Madurese or Malay speaking immigrants were forced to learn Javanese during their stay in Suriname to adapt. In view of the language policies in Netherlands Indies at the time of immigration, it is unlikely the immigrants had knowledge of the Dutch language prior to immigration to Suriname. Dutch today is the official language of Suriname.

Surinamese Javanese is somewhat different from Indonesian Javanese.<ref name="dbnl.org">{{Cite book |title=Immigratie en ontwikkeling : emancipatieproces van contractanten |last1=Gobardhan-Rambocus |first1=Lila |last2=Sarmo |first2=Johan |date=1993 |publisher=Anton de Kom Universiteit |editor-last=Gobardhan-Rambocus |editor-first=Lila |location=Paramaribo |pages=184–201 |language=nl |trans-title=Immigration and development: emancipation of contractors |chapter=Het Surinaams Javaans |trans-chapter=The Javanese Surinamese |editor-last2=Hassankhan |editor-first2=Maurits S. |chapter-url=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/goba001suri01_01/goba001heri01_01.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Villerius 2019">{{Cite thesis |last=Villerius |first=S. E. |title=Development of Surinamese Javanese: Language contact and change in a multilingual context |date=2019 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |hdl=2066/199947 |isbn=978-94-6093-313-4 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> In Surinamese-Javanese there is a difference between formal and informal speech. Surinamese-Javanese took many loanwords from languages like Dutch, Sranantongo, Sarnami and Indonesian. The influence of the latter language, which is not spoken in Suriname, can be attributed to the Indonesian embassy and Islamic teachers from Indonesia. Indonesian movies are popular, and usually shown without subtitles on Surinamese-Javanese television channels.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Surinamese-Javanese<ref name="dbnl.org"/>
! Sranantongo
! Dutch
! English
|-
| ngabrah
| abra
| over
| across
|-
| bakrah
| bakra
| blanke
| white man
|-
| blangkeman
| blakaman
| zwarte man
| black man
|-
| pernangsi
| pernasi
| plantage
| plantation
|-
| sekaut
| skowtu
| schout (politieagent)
| policeman
|}

In 1986, the Surinamese government adopted an official spelling for Surinamese-Javanese.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Vruggink |first=Hein |date=1990 |title=De officiële spelling van het Surinaams-Javaans |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001199001_01/_oso001199001_01_0020.php |journal=Oso |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=38–40 |via=Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren |language=nl}}</ref> It is seldom used as a written language, however.

In the 2012 survey, pupils who indicated Surinamese-Javanese as a language spoken at home, reported Dutch (97.9 percent) and Sranantongo (76.9 percent) also being spoken in the household.

Surinamese-Javanese speaking pupils report high proficiency in speaking and understanding, but very low literacy in the language. They report a low preference for the language in interaction with family members, including their parents, with the exception of their grandparents. Pupils where Surinamese-Javanese is spoken at tend at home to speak Dutch (77 percent) rather than Surinamese-Javanese (12 percent).

==== New Caledonian Javanese ====
As expected, New Caledonian Javanese is somewhat different from Indonesian Javanese. New Caledonian Javanese took many loanwords from French. New Caledonian society, in addition to their mastery of the language according to their ethnicity (New Caledonian Javanese), is obliged to be fluent in French that is a medium that is used in all the affairs of the state, economy, and education. French is regarded as a prestigious language because it is the language of the government, an official language in France include New Caledonia, one of the major languages in Europe, and one of the official languages of the United Nations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Subiyantoro |first1=Subiyantoro |last2=Marsono |first2=Marsono |last3=Udasmoro |first3=Wening |date=2017-02-27 |title=Integration of French Lexicons in New Caledonian Javanese |url=https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/22568 |journal=Jurnal Humaniora |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=85 |doi=10.22146/jh.22568 |s2cid=151751712 |issn=2302-9269|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Phonetic differences ===
Phoneme /i/ at closed ultima is pronounced as [ɪ] in Central Javanese (Surakarta–Yogyakarta dialect), as [i] in Western Javanese (Banyumasan dialect), and as [ɛ] in Eastern Javanese.

Phoneme /u/ at closed ultima is pronounced as [ʊ] in Central Javanese, as [u] in Western Javanese, and as [ɔ] in Eastern Javanese.

Phoneme /a/ at closed ultima in Central Javanese is pronounced as [a] and at open ultima as [ɔ]. Regardless of position, it tends toward [a] in Western Javanese and as [ɔ] in Eastern Javanese.

Western Javanese tends to add a glottal stop at the end of word-final vowels, e.g.: ''Ana apa?'' [anaʔ apaʔ] "What happened?", ''Aja kaya kuwè!'' [adʒaʔ kajaʔ kuwɛʔ] "Don't be like that!".

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+Dialectal Phonetics
! Phoneme
!c=01| Orthography
!c=02| Central Javanese (standard)
!c=03| Western Javanese
!c=04| Eastern Javanese
!c=05| English
|-
| {{center|/i/}}
|c=01| getih
|c=02| [g̊ət̪ɪh]
|c=03| [g̊ət̪ih]
|c=04| [g̊ət̪ɛh]
|c=05| ''blood''
|-
| {{center|/u/}}
|c=01| abuh
|c=02| [ab̥ʊh]
|c=03| [ab̥uh]
|c=04| [ab̥ɔh]
|c=05| ''swollen''
|-
| {{center|/a/}}
|c=01| lenga
|c=02| [ləŋɔ]
|c=03| [ləŋa]
|c=04| [ləŋɔ]
|c=05| ''oil''
|-
| {{center|/a/}}
|c=01| kancamu/kancané kowé
|c=02| [kaɲtʃamu]
|c=03| [kaɲtʃanɛ kowɛ]
|c=04| [kɔɲtʃɔmu]
|c=05| ''your friend''
|}

Final consonant devoicing occurs in the standard Central Javanese dialect, but not in Banyumasan. For example, ''endhog'' (egg) is pronounced [əɳɖ̥ɔk] in standard Central Javanese, but [əɳɖ̥ɔg] in Banyumasan. The latter is closer to [[Social:Old Javanese|Old Javanese]].<ref name="Banyumasan">{{Cite web |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/banyumas.php |title=Jakarta Field Station > Projects > Javanese Dialectology > Documentation of Banyumasan |website=MPI EVA Jakarta Field Station |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514131132/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/banyumas.php |archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref>

=== Vocabulary differences ===
The vocabulary of standard Javanese is enriched by dialectal words. For example, to get the meaning of "you", Western Javanese speakers say ''rika'' {{IPA|/rikaʔ/}}, Eastern Javanese use ''kon'' {{IPA|/kɔn/}} or ''koen'' {{IPA|/kɔən/}}, and Central Javanese speakers say ''kowé'' {{IPA|/kowe/}}. Another example is the expression of "how": the Tegal dialect of Western Javanese uses ''keprimèn'' {{IPA|/kəprimen/}}, the Banyumasan dialect of Western Javanese employs ''kepriwé'' {{IPA|/kəpriwe/}} or ''kepribèn'' {{IPA|/kəpriben/}}, Eastern Javanese speakers say ''ya' apa'' {{IPA|/jɔʔ ɔpɔ/}}&nbsp;– originally meaning "like what" (''kaya apa'' in standard Javanese) or ''kepiyé'' {{IPA|/kəpije/}}&nbsp;– and Central Javanese speakers say ''piye'' {{IPA|/pije/}} or ''kepriyé'' {{IPA|/kəprije/}}.
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Surakarta (standard)
! Northern Banten
! Cirebon-Indramayu
! Tegal-Brebes
! Banyumas
! Surabaya
! English
|-
| aku
| kite
| kita, isun
| enyong
| inyong
| aku, awakku
| I, me
|-
| kowé, sliramu
| sire
| sira
| koen
| rika, kowè
| koen, riko, awakmu
| you
|-
| tenan
| pisan
| pisan
| temen
| temen
| temenan, temen
| truly
|-
| kepiyé, piyé
| kepremèn
| kepribèn, kepriwè
| keprimèn, pimen
| kepriwè
| ya'apa
| how
|-
| ora, ogak
| ore
| ora, belih
| ora, bléh
| ora
| gak
| not
|-
| mlebu
| manjing
| manjing
| manjing, mlebu
| mlebu
| melbu, menjero
| to enter
|-
| arep
| arep
| arep, pan, pen
| pan
| arep
| apé, até, katé
| will
|-
| saka, seka, saking(king)
| sing 
| sing
| sing
| sekang
| teka
| from
|}

The Madiun–Kediri dialect has some idiosyncratic vocabulary, such as ''panggah'' 'still' (standard Javanese: ''pancet''), ''lagèk'' 'progressive modal' (standard Javanese: ''lagi''), and emphatic particles ''nda'', ''pèh'', and ''lé''.<ref name="MadiunKediri" />

==Endangerment==
Several linguists has voiced concerns about the status of Javanese. It is believed that Ngoko Javanese enjoys a stable diglossic status, while Krama Javanese is under more serious threat.<ref name="Vander Klok 2019">{{Cite journal |last=Vander Klok |first=J. M. |year=2019 |title=The Javanese language at risk? Perspectives from an East Java village |journal=Language Documentation & Conservation}}</ref> The number of Javanese native speakers has significantly dwindled over the years. In a research in Yogyakarta, it was revealed that a significant number of parents do not transmit Javanese to their children.<ref>{{cite conference | last1 = Kurniasih | first1 = Y. | title = Gender, class and language preference: A case study in Yogyakarta | year = 2006 | url = http://www.als.asn.au }}</ref> Instead, Javanese speakers typically acquire Javanese through extrafamilial sources, like friend groups.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Udasmoro | first1 = W. | last2 = Yuwono | first2 = J. S. E. | last3 = Firmonasari | first3 = A. | title = The Preservation of the Javanese Language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta | journal = The Indonesian Journal of Geography | volume = 55 | issue = 1 | pages = 59–68 | year = 2023 }}</ref>  Although Javanese enjoys a large quantity of speaker base, it is not immune from pressures from other languages like Indonesian and English.<ref name="Vander Klok 2019"/>

== Writing system ==
[[File:Javanese script01.jpg|right|thumb|A modern bilingual text in Portuguese and Javanese in Yogyakarta]]

Javanese has been traditionally written with Javanese script. Javanese and the related Balinese script are modern variants of the old [[Social:Kawi script|Kawi script]], a Brahmic script introduced to Java along with Hinduism and Buddhism. Kawi is first attested in a legal document from 804&nbsp;AD. It was widely used in literature and translations from Sanskrit from the 10th century; by the 17th, the script is identified as ''carakan''.

The Javanese script is an abugida. Each of the twenty letters represents a syllable with a consonant (or a "zero consonant") and the inherent vowel 'a' that is pronounced as /ɔ/ in open position. Various diacritics placed around the letter indicate a different vowel than [ɔ], a final consonant, or a foreign pronunciation.

Letters have subscript forms used to transcribe consonant clusters, though the shape are relatively straightforward, and not as distinct as conjunct forms of Devanagari. Some letters are only present in [[Social:Old Javanese|old Javanese]] and became obsolete in modern Javanese. Some of these letters became "capital" forms used in proper names. Punctuation includes a comma; period; a mark that covers the colon, quotations, and indicates numerals; and marks to introduce a chapter, poem, song, or letter.

However, Javanese can also be written with the Arabic script (known as the Pegon script) and today generally uses Latin script instead of Javanese script for practical purposes. A Latin [[Social:Orthography|orthography]] based on Dutch was introduced in 1926, revised in 1972–1973; it has largely supplanted the carakan. The current Latin-based forms:

{|class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="32" | '''Majuscule forms''' ('''uppercase''')
|-
|width=3% align="center"|A|| width="3%" align="center" |Å|| width="3%" align="center" |B||width=3% align="center"|C||width=3% align="center"|D
|Dh|| width="3%" align="center" |E|| width="3%" align="center" |É||width=3% align="center"|È||width=3% align="center"|''F''||width=3% align="center"|G||width=3% align="center"|H||width=3% align="center"|I|| width="3%" align="center" |J||width=3% align="center"|K||width=3% align="center"|L||width=3% align="center"|M||width=3% align="center"|N
|Ng
|Ny|| width="3%" align="center" |O|| width="3%" align="center" |P||width=3% align="center"|''Q''||width=3% align="center"|R||width=3% align="center"|S||width=3% align="center"|T
|Th|| width="3%" align="center" |U|| width="3%" align="center" |''V''|| width="3%" align="center" |W||width=3% align="center"|''X''||width=3% align="center"|Y||width=3% align="center"|''Z''
|-
| colspan="32" align="center" | '''Minuscule forms''' ('''lowercase''')
|-
|align="center"|a|| align="center"|å|| align="center" |b||align="center"|c||align="center"|d
|dh|| align="center" |e|| align="center" |é||align="center"|è||align="center"|''f''|| align="center" |g||align="center"|h||align="center"|i|| align="center" |j||align="center"|k||align="center"|l||align="center"|m||align="center"|n
|ng
|ny|| align="center" |o|| align="center" |p||align="center"|''q''|| align="center" |r||align="center"|s||align="center"|t
|th|| align="center" |u|| align="center" |''v''|| align="center" |w||align="center"|''x''|| align="center" |y||align="center"|''z''
|-
| colspan="32" align="center" |'''IPA'''
|-
|a
|ɔ
|b̥
|tʃ
|d̪̥
|ɖ̥
|ə, e
|e
|ɛ
|''f''
|g̊
|h
|i
|dʒ̊
|k
|l
|m
|n
|ŋ
|ɲ
|ɔ, o
|p
|''q''
|r
|s
|t̪
|ʈ
|u
|''v''
|w
|''x''
|j
|''z''
|}

The italic letters are used in loanwords from European languages and Arabic.

Javanese script:
{|class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="20" | '''Base consonant letters'''
|-
|align="center"|{{Jav|ꦲ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦤ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦕ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦫ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦏ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦢ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦠ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦱ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦮ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦭ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦥ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦝ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦗ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦪ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦚ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦩ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦒ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦧ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦛ}}||align="center"|{{Jav|ꦔ}}
|-
|align="center"|ha|| align="center" |na|| align="center" |ca|| align="center" |ra|| align="center" |ka|| align="center" |da|| align="center" |ta|| align="center" |sa|| align="center" |wa|| align="center" |la|| align="center" |pa|| align="center" |dha|| align="center" |ja|| align="center" |ya|| align="center" |nya|| align="center" |ma|| align="center" |ga|| align="center" |ba|| align="center" |tha|| align="center" |nga
|}

== Sample text ==
The following is a sample text in Javanese of Article 1 of the [[Philosophy:Universal Declaration of Human Rights|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]].
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!'''Javanese Latin:'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=OHCHR {{!}} Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Javanese |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/human-rights/universal-declaration/translations/javanese |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=OHCHR |language=en}}</ref>
|"{{Lang|jv|Sabén uwong kalairaké kanthi mardikå lan darbé martabat lan hak-hak kang pådhå. Kabèh pinaringan akal lan kalbu sartå kaajab pasrawungan anggoné mêmitran siji lan sijiné kanthi jiwå sumadulur.}}"
|-
!'''Javanese Carakan (Traditional Script)'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Javanese (Javanese) |url=https://unicode.org/udhr/d/udhr_jav_java.html |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=OHCHR |language=en}}</ref>
|"{{Lang|jv|꧋ꦱꦧꦺꦤ꧀ꦲꦸꦮꦺꦴꦁꦏꦭꦲꦶꦫꦏꦺꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏꦭꦤ꧀ꦢꦂꦧꦺꦩꦂꦠꦧꦠ꧀ꦭꦤ꧀ꦲꦏ꧀ꦲꦏ꧀ꦏꦁꦥꦝ꧉ ꦏꦧꦺꦃꦥꦶꦤꦫꦶꦔꦤ꧀ꦲꦏꦭ꧀ꦭꦤ꧀ꦏꦭ꧀ꦧꦸꦱꦂꦠꦏꦲꦗꦧ꧀ꦥꦱꦿꦮꦸꦔꦤ꧀ꦲꦁꦒꦺꦴꦤꦺꦩꦼꦩꦶꦠꦿꦤ꧀ꦱꦶꦗꦶꦭꦤ꧀ꦱꦶꦗꦶꦤꦺꦏꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦗꦶꦮꦱꦸꦩꦢꦸꦭꦸꦂ꧉}}"
|-
!'''Javanese Pegon'''
|<span style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.35;">{{Script/Arabic|«سابَين أُوَوڠ كالائيراكَي كانڟي مارديکا لان داربَي مرتبة لان حق۲ كاڠ ڤاڎا. كابَيه ڤيناريڠان عقل لان قلبُ سارتا كاأجاب ڤاسراوُوڠان أڠڮَونَي مَيميتران سيجي لان كانڟي جيوا سومادولور.»}}</span>
|-
!'''Sound sample:'''
|[[File:Universal Declaration of Human Rights - jav - Article 1.ogg|Article one of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Javanese language]]
|-
!'''English original:'''
|"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
|}

== See also ==
{{portal|Indonesia
}}

* Java
* Javanese script
* Javanese alphabet
* Javanese literature
* Banyumasan language
* Hans Ras
* Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern

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=== Notes ===
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* {{cite book |last=Ogloblin |first=Alexander K. |year=2005 |chapter=Javanese |title=The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAShwSYLbUYC&pg=PA590 |editor1=K. Alexander Adelaar |editor2=Nikolaus Himmelmann |location=London dan New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=590–624 |isbn=9780700712861 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Pigeaud |first1=Theodore Gauthier Th |title=Literature of Java |date=1967 |publisher=Nijoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AnwNAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}
* {{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Alexander D. |year=2017 |title=The Western Malayo-Polynesian Problem |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=435–490 |doi=10.1353/ol.2017.0021 |s2cid=149377092 }}
* {{cite book |last=Horne |first=Elinor C. |year=1961 |title=Beginning Javanese |location=New Haven |publisher=Yale University Press }}
* {{cite book |last=van der Molen |first=W. |year=1993 |title=Javaans schrift |location=Leiden |publisher=Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië |isbn=90-73084-09-1 }}
* {{Citation | last1=Uhlenbeck |first1=E. M | others=Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) | title=A critical survey of studies on the languages of Java and Madura | date=1964 | publisher=Martinus Nijhoff | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34741014 | access-date=18 February 2013 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Wurm |editor-first=S. A. |editor-last2=Hattori |editor-first2=Shiro |year=1983 |title=Language Atlas of the Pacific Area, Part II: (Insular South-east Asia) |location=Canberra }}
* {{cite book |last=Zoetmulder |first=P. J. |year=1982 |title=Old Javanese–English Dictionary |location='s-Gravenhage |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff |isbn=90-247-6178-6 }}

== Further reading ==
* {{Citation | author1=Errington, James Joseph | title=Language and social change in Java : linguistic reflexes of modernization in a traditional royal polity | date=1991 | publisher=Ohio University, Center for International Studies | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18619052 | access-date=18 February 2013 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Errington, James Joseph | title=Shifting languages : interaction and identity in Javanese Indonesia | date=1998 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-0-521-63448-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/shiftinglanguage0000erri }}
* {{Citation | author1=Horne, Elinor Clark | title=Intermediate Javanese | date=1963 | publisher=Yale University Press | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14133823 | access-date=18 February 2013 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Horne, Elinor Clark | title=Javanese-English dictionary | date=1974 | publisher=Yale University Press | isbn=978-0-300-01689-5 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Keeler, Ward | title=Javanese, a cultural approach | date=1984 | publisher=Ohio University Center for International Studies | isbn=978-0-89680-121-9 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Robson, S. O. (Stuart Owen) | author2=Wibisono, Singgih | title=Javanese English dictionary | date=2002 | publisher=Periplus Editions (HK) ; North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Pub | isbn=978-0-7946-0000-6 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Robson, S. O. (Stuart Owen) | author2=Monash University. Monash Asia Institute | title=Javanese grammar for students | date=2002 | publisher=Monash Asia Institute, Monash University | edition=Rev. | isbn=978-1-876924-12-6 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Robson, S. O. (Stuart Owen) | author2=Monash University. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies | title=Patterns of variation in colloquial Javanese | date=1991 | publisher=Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University | isbn=978-0-7326-0263-5 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Siegel, James T | title=Solo in the new order : language and hierarchy in an Indonesian city | date=1986 | publisher=Princeton University Press | isbn=978-0-691-00085-5 }}
* {{Citation | author1=Uhlenbeck, E. M | author2=Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands) | title=Studies in Javanese morphology | date=1978 | publisher=Martinus Nijhoff | isbn=978-90-247-2162-7 }}

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233451/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/isloj.php International Symposium on The Languages of Java] (archived 2 December 2013)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209094141/http://home.planet.nl/~koeso002/articles/Javanese%2BSuriname.htm Javanese in Suriname strive to preserve origins ''Jakarta Post'' article] (archived 9 February 2005)
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/javanese.htm Javanese Writing System]
* [http://unicode-table.com/en/sections/javanese-alphabet/ The Javanese alphabet (Unicode A980—A9DF)]
* [http://hdl.handle.net/10106/6120 Javanese Phonation Types, Consonants]
* [http://sealang.net/oldjava/ Old Javanese inscriptions]

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