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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. Javanisation - Wikipedia

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    In the language aspect, such as the using of Javanese terms, idioms, and vocabularies outside of traditional Javanese language realm. For example, today it is commons for Indonesians to use Javanese terms to address people across Indonesia, such as "Mas" (to address the same of age or slightly older male) or "Mbak" (for female counterparts).

  4. Ward Keeler - Wikipedia

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    Ward Keeler is an American anthropologist who conducted fieldwork in Java in Indonesia during the New Order area.. He worked in predominantly Surakarta cultural areas, and studied wayang as a means of understanding specific manifestation of Javanese ways of thinking.

  5. Javanese people - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Indonesian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian language in the United States Indonesian Americans are migrants from the multiethnic country of Indonesia to the United States , and their U.S.-born descendants. [ 3 ] In both the 2000 and 2010 United States census , they were the 15th largest group of Asian Americans recorded in the United States as well as one of the fastest growing.

  7. Old Javanese - Wikipedia

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    Old Javanese or Kawi is the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was spoken in the eastern part of what is now Central Java and the whole of East Java , Indonesia . As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the islands of Madura , Bali , and Lombok .

  8. Javanese diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Palembang language is a dialect of Malay language with heavy Javanese influence. The Javanese were present in Peninsular Malaya since early times. [20] The link between Java and Malacca was important during spread of Islam in Indonesia, when religious missionaries were sent from Malacca to seaports on the northern coast of Java. [21]

  9. Javanese script - Wikipedia

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    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.