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  2. Javanese language - Wikipedia

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    The word Jawa written in Javanese script Two Javanese speakers, recorded in Indonesia. Javanese (/ ˌ dʒ ɑː v ə ˈ n iː z / JAH-və-NEEZ, [3] / dʒ æ v ə-/ JAV-ə-, /-ˈ n iː s /-⁠ NEESS; [4] basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا ‎, IPA: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by the ...

  3. Javanese people - Wikipedia

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    Javanese cultural expressions, such as wayang and gamelan, are often used to promote the excellence of Javanese culture The Javanese are the inventors of batik; it is an Indonesian culture that is widely known and popular in many countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and East African countries

  4. Austronesian languages - Wikipedia

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    Linguistic problems were also pointed out. Kumar did not claim that Japanese was an Austronesian language derived from proto-Javanese language, but only that it provided a superstratum language for old Japanese, based on 82 plausible Javanese-Japanese cognates, mostly related to rice farming. [52]

  5. Javanese culture - Wikipedia

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    Javanese culture (Javanese: ꦏꦧꦸꦢꦪꦤ꧀ꦗꦮ, romanized: Kabudayan Jawa) is the culture of the Javanese people. Javanese culture is centered in the provinces of Central Java , Yogyakarta and East Java in Indonesia .

  6. Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese language has a tripartite writing system using hiragana, katakana and kanji. The language includes native Japanese words and a large number of words derived from the Chinese language. In Japan the adult literacy rate in the Japanese language exceeds 99%. [37] Dozens of Japanese dialects are spoken in regions of Japan. For ...

  7. Javanese - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Talk:Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    Dekimasu The Javanese people page lists "Japanese people" as a not to be confused with. There are slightly more Japanese people than Javanese- they both have over 100 million people. I do not see it unforeseeable that someone might get Japanese mixed up with Javanese, the same way the other way around happens enough that it appears on the other ...

  9. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    The difference between honorific and humble speech is particularly pronounced in the Japanese language. Humble language is used to talk about oneself or one's own group (company, family) whilst honorific language is mostly used when describing the interlocutor and their group.