Modern Javanese

E15563
Austronesian language Javanese language language

Modern Javanese is the contemporary Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Java, characterized by a complex speech level system and a vocabulary significantly shaped by earlier Kawi (Old Javanese) and other historical influences.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Javanese 1
Surakarta dialect 1
Western Javanese 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
Javanese language ⓘ
language ⓘ
coexistsWith Indonesian ⓘ
surface form: Indonesian language
derivedFrom Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese
developedFrom Kawi literature tradition ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Javanese ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian ⓘ
Proto-Javanese ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
hasFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
complex speech level system ⓘ
elaborate honorific system ⓘ
phonemic vowel length distinctions in some dialects ⓘ
rich affixation ⓘ
hasGlottocode java1254 ⓘ
hasISOCode jv ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Javanese

Eastern Javanese ⓘ
Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Javanese
hasSpeechLevel krama ⓘ
krama inggil ⓘ
madya ⓘ
ngoko ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Surakarta dialect

Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yogyakarta dialect
hasWritingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script (Pegon)

Javanese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
Indonesian ⓘ
Kawi language ⓘ
surface form: Kawi

Malay ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian

Javanic ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
primaryRegion Java ⓘ
surface form: Central Java

East Java ⓘ
Yogyakarta ⓘ
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
Java ⓘ
subclassOf Javanic language ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
Western Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
timePeriod modern era ⓘ
usedAs vernacular language in Java ⓘ
usedBy Javanese ⓘ
surface form: Javanese people

Referenced by (9)

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

Proto-Javanese → ancestorOf → Modern Javanese ⓘ
Modern Javanese → hasMajorDialect → Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Javanese
Modern Javanese → hasMajorDialect → Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Javanese
Modern Javanese → hasStandardVariety → Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surakarta dialect
Modern Javanese → hasStandardVariety → Modern Javanese self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yogyakarta dialect
Kawi (Old Javanese) → influenced → Modern Javanese ⓘ
Kawi language → influenced → Modern Javanese ⓘ
Middle Javanese → influenced → Modern Javanese ⓘ
Middle Javanese → precedes → Modern Javanese ⓘ