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Javanese is also spoken by traditional immigrant communities of Javanese descent in Suriname, Sri Lanka and New Caledonia. [7] Along with Indonesian, Javanese is an official language in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. [2]
Javanese literature tradition is among the earliest and the oldest surviving literature traditions in Indonesia. The translations of Hindu epic Ramayana and Mahabharata into old Javanese language took place during the era of Mataram Kingdom and Kediri kingdom around 9th to 11th century.
When studies of Javanese language and literature began to attract European attention in the 19th century, an initiative to create a Javanese movable type began to take place in order to mass-produce and quickly disseminate Javanese literary materials. One of the earliest attempts to create a movable Javanese type was by Paul van Vlissingen.
Javanese is the most spoken indigenous language, with native speakers constituting 31.8% of the total population of Indonesia (as of 2010). [17] Javanese speakers are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of Java, and there are also sizable numbers in most provinces.
Javanese abugida. The Javanese language was formerly written with a script descended from the Brahmi script, natively known as Hanacaraka or Carakan. In addition, Javanese language can also written with right-to-left script descended from the Arabic script called Pegon. Upon Indonesian independence it was replaced with a form of the Latin alphabet.
Javanese people, and their culture; Javanese language. Javanese script, traditional letters used to write Javanese language; Javanese (Unicode block), Old Javanese, the oldest phase of the Javanese language; Javanese beliefs; Javanese calendar; Javanese cuisine; Javanese Surinamese, an ethnic group of Javanese descent in Suriname
Old Javanese or Kawi is the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was spoken in the central and eastern part of Java Island, what is now Central Java and East Java , Indonesia . As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the islands of Madura , Bali , and Lombok .
The Kawi script or the Old Javanese script (Indonesian: aksara kawi, aksara carakan kuna) is a Brahmic script found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century. [1]