Javanese language

Javanese
Javanese
Basa Jawa; ꦧꦱꦗꦮ; باسا جاوا
	Basa Jawa written in Javanese script
Pronunciation	[bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ] (central, eastern, and Pekalongan dialects); [basa d͡ʒawa] (western and Tengger dialects); [basə d͡ʒawə] (North Banten and certain Central Java dialects); [baso d͡ʒawo] (Plered Cirebon dialect); [bəsə d͡ʒəwə] (certain Central Java dialects)
Native to	Indonesia; Malaysia; Netherlands; Suriname; New Caledonia
Region	mainly central and eastern part of Java, throughout Indonesia
Ethnicity	Javanese; (Samin • Banyumasan • Tengger • Osing • Cirebon)
Native speakers	68 million (2015)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Javanesic Javanese; ; ;
Early forms	Old Javanese Middle Javanese ;
Standard forms	Kawi; (Early standard form); Surakartan Javanese; (Modern standard form);
Dialects	Javanese dialects
Writing system	Latin script (Javanese Latin alphabet); Javanese script; Pegon script
Official status
Official language in	Indonesia Special Region of Yogyakarta;
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Language codes
ISO 639-1	jv
ISO 639-2	jav
ISO 639-3	Variously:; jav – Javanese; jvn – Caribbean Javanese; jas – New Caledonian Javanese; osi – Osing; tes – Tenggerese
Glottolog	java1253 Javanesic; java1254
Linguasphere	31-MFM-a
	Dark green: areas where Javanese is the majority language. Light green: where it is a minority language.

Javanese (/ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz/ JAH-və-NEEZ, /dʒævə-/ JAV-ə-, /-ˈniːs/ -⁠NEESS; Basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا‎, IPA: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the northern coast of western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people.

Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers. It has several regional dialects and a number of clearly distinct status styles. Its closest relatives are the neighboring languages such as Sundanese, Madurese, and Balinese. Most speakers of Javanese also speak Indonesian for official and commercial purposes as well as a means to communicate with non-Javanese-speaking Indonesians.

There are speakers of Javanese in Malaysia (concentrated in the West Coast part of the states of Selangor and Johor) and Singapore. Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia.

Along with Indonesian, Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.