Middle Javanese

E15478
historical language stage stage of the Javanese language

Middle Javanese is a historical stage of the Javanese language that developed after Old Javanese and served as a key literary and cultural medium in Java during the late medieval period.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Classical Javanese period 1
Javanese language 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language stage ⓘ
stage of the Javanese language ⓘ
associatedWith Hindu-Buddhist traditions in Java ⓘ
Islamic-era Javanese literature ⓘ
Javanese courts ⓘ
culturalSignificance preserves transition from pre-Islamic to Islamic Javanese culture ⓘ
developedFrom Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese
follows Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese
hasAlternativeName Middle Javanese language ⓘ
hasFeature mixture of Sanskrit, Old Javanese, and emerging New Javanese elements ⓘ
transition from Old Javanese vocabulary to more modern Javanese forms ⓘ
hasGenre kakawin adaptations ⓘ
kidungan and tembang poetry ⓘ
influenced Modern Javanese ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Javanese languages ⓘ
precedes Modern Javanese ⓘ
region Malay Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Island Southeast Asia
role cultural medium in Java ⓘ
key literary medium in Java ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
status no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ
used in historical and philological studies ⓘ
studiedIn Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
Javanese philology ⓘ
subdivisionOf Javanese ⓘ
surface form: Javanese language
timePeriod approximately 13th to 16th centuries ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ
usedBy Javanese literati ⓘ
scribes in Javanese courts ⓘ
usedFor court literature ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Java ⓘ
surface form: Central Java

East Java ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Java

Java ⓘ
writingSystem Kawi script ⓘ
surface form: Javanese script

Kawi script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Javanese → ancestorOf → Middle Javanese ⓘ
Kediri Kingdom → era → Middle Javanese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Javanese period
Kawi (Old Javanese) → influenced → Middle Javanese ⓘ
Kawi language → subclassOf → Middle Javanese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Javanese language