![]() There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. ![]() Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for the official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians. Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles. Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers. It is the native language of more than 98 million people (more than 42% of the total population of Indonesia). There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. Javanese ( / dʒ ɑː v ə ˈ n iː z/) Basa Jawa Aksara Jawa: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ Pegon: باساجاوا Javanese pronunciation: ) is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. Two Javanese speakers, recorded in Indonesia.
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