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  2. Jawi script - Wikipedia

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    The word Jawi (جاوي) is a shortening of the term in Arabic: الجزائر الجاوي, romanized: Al-Jaza'ir Al-Jawi, lit. 'Java Archipelago', which is the term used by Arabs for Nusantara. [3] [4] The word jawi is a loanword from Javanese: ꦗꦮꦶ, romanized: jawi which is Javanese Krama word to refer to the Java Island or Javanese people.

  3. Jawi - Wikipedia

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    Jawi (Javanese: ꦗꦮꦶ, romanized: jawi), a Javanese Krama (polite Javanese) word to refer to Java Island or Javanese people; see Jawi script § Etymology; Jawi script, an Arabic script developed for writing Malay and other languages in Southeast Asia Kelantan-Pattani Malay, sometimes called Jawi due to being written in Jawi script

  4. Yawi - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Yawi may mean: ... Jawi script, an Arabic alphabet used for several languages of Southeast Asia;

  5. Sarawak Malay - Wikipedia

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    Sarawak Malay (Standard Malay: Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Bahasa Sarawak, Jawi: بهاس ملايو سراوق ‎, Sarawak Malay: Kelakar Sarawak) is a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak. It is a common language used by natives of Sarawak [ 1 ] and also as the important mother tongue for the Sarawakian Malay people .

  6. Javanese people - Wikipedia

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    The Javanese (/ dʒ ɑː v ə ˈ n iː z /, jah-və-NEEZ, [17] / dʒ æ v-/ jav-, /-ˈ n iː s /-⁠ NEESS; [18] Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, romanized: Wong Jawa (in the ngoko register), ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ, Tiyang Jawi (in the krama register); [19] Indonesian: Orang Jawa) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java.

  7. How Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men, inspired much of ...

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    Regardless, “zhuzh” — the pronunciation sounds a bit like "jouj" — is in fact a real word, meaning “to fix, to tidy; to smarten up,” according to Green’s Dictionary of Slang.

  8. Jawi dialect - Wikipedia

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    Jawi [2] or Djawi [1] [3] [4] or Djaui, [2] is a nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi language of Western Australia, the traditional language of the Jawi people. There are no longer any known fluent speakers, but there may be some partial speakers. [5] The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Dyao, and Dyawi.

  9. Brunei Malay - Wikipedia

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    The Brunei Malay, also called Bruneian Malay (Malay: Bahasa Melayu Brunei; Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني ‎), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei Darussalam and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang, and Papar.