Central Javanese

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Central Javanese is a major regional variety of the Javanese language spoken primarily in the central part of Java, known for its influential literary tradition and role as a cultural and linguistic standard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese language variety
language variety
regional dialect
associatedWith Javanese court culture
Surakarta court NERFINISHED
Yogyakarta court NERFINISHED
belongsTo Javanese macrolanguage NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Javanese NERFINISHED
Western Javanese NERFINISHED
country Indonesia
hasAlternativeName Basa Jawa Tengah NERFINISHED
Javanese Central dialect
hasCulturalRole marker of Central Javanese identity
medium of classical Javanese arts
hasFeature honorific vocabulary
refined speech style
speech level system
hasPhonologyType Javanese-type consonant and vowel system
hasPolitenessLevels yes
hasRegisterSystem yes
hasStatus major regional variety of Javanese
influencedBy courtly traditions of Surakarta and Yogyakarta
influences Javanese language standardization
isSourceOf many Javanese literary norms
knownFor influential literary tradition
role as cultural standard for Javanese
role as linguistic standard for Javanese
languageFamily Austronesian languages
partOf Javanese language NERFINISHED
primarySpeakers ethnic Javanese
region central part of Java
spokenIn Central Java NERFINISHED
Indonesia
Yogyakarta NERFINISHED
standardFor Javanese language polite registers
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
typicalDomain cultural and ceremonial contexts in Java
home communication in Central Java
usedAs prestige variety of Javanese
usedBy Central Javanese communities in rural areas
Central Javanese communities in urban areas
usedIn Javanese poetry
traditional Javanese literature
wayang performances
writingSystem Javanese script NERFINISHED
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (9)

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Eastern Javanese sharesFeatureWith Central Javanese
Eastern Javanese differsFrom Central Javanese
Eastern Javanese hasDialectContinuumWith Central Javanese
DIY hasLocalLanguage Central Javanese
subject surface form: Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
this entity surface form: Yogyakarta Javanese
Javanic languages hasMember Central Javanese
Banten Javanese closelyRelatedTo Central Javanese
Banyumasan Javanese hasDialectContinuumWith Central Javanese
this entity surface form: Standard Central Javanese
Banyumasan Javanese belongsTo Central Javanese
this entity surface form: Central Javanese dialect group
Cirebon Javanese closelyRelatedTo Central Javanese