Alternate Names: Djawa, Jawa
Dialects: Banten, Banyumas, Cirebon (Cheribon, Tjirebon), Indramayu, Malang-Pasuruan, Manuk, Pasisir, Surabaya, Surakarta (Sawlaw, Solo), Tegal, Tembung. High Javanese (Jawa Halus) is the language of religion, but users diminishing and mostly limited to Central Javanese speakers. Javanese varieties in Suriname and in New Caledonia now only partially intelligible with difficulty. Javanese in New Caledonia reportedly cannot use High Javanese (Koentjaraninggrat 1971). Several dialects in Sabah.
Status Notes: De facto provincial language in central and eastern Java.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 84,300,000 in Indonesia (2000 census). 25,000 in south Sulawesi, and 69,000,000 on Java, 500,000 of them being in Banten region and 2,500,000 in Cirebon region of Java. Population total all countries: 84,308,740.
Language Use: Also use Musi [mui] in South Sumatra. Used as L2 by Madura [mad], Tengger [tes].
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1854–1994.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian.