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Javanese

Javanic-speaking ethnic originally from central and eastern regions of Java Island

Entityethnic groups in Indonesia native Indonesians ethnic groupQ49209

Also known as Javanese people · Javans

Instance of: ethnic groups in Indonesia
, native Indonesians
, ethnic group
+1 more
Subclass of: Indonesians
Part of: native Indonesians
Country: Indonesia
, Malaysia
, Singapore

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The Javanese are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of Java island, which covers most of the administrative areas of the provinces of Central Java, East Java, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. With more than 100 million people, Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in both Indonesia and in Southeast Asia as a whole. Their native language is Javanese, the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers and also the largest regional language in Southeast Asia. As the largest ethnic group in the region, the Javanese have historically dominated the social, political, and cultural landscape of both Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

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Native label: wong Jawa
tiyang Jawi
Location: Central Java
East Java
Yogyakarta
Kuala Lumpur
Selangor
Johor
Pahang
Perak
Population: 100M(2010)
Religion or worldview: Islam
Kejawen alternative name: Javanism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Different from: Japanese people
Country of origin: Indonesia location: Java
Malaysia location: Peninsular Malaysia · located in: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor
Singapore
Languages spoken, written or signed: Javanese
Javanic
Malay
English
Indonesian
Indigenous to: Indonesia
Language: Javanese
Javanic
Malay
English
Indonesian
Demonym: javanez grammatical gender: masculine · grammatical number: singular
javaneză grammatical gender: feminine · grammatical number: singular
javanezi grammatical gender: masculine · grammatical number: plural
javaneze grammatical gender: feminine · grammatical number: plural

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12 identifiers linking Javanese across the web's reference databases

ASCCEG 2019 ID5203
Biblissima authority IDQ297022
Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtopic/Javanese-people
Freebase ID/m/02gx2x
GND ID4370540-6
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)4933973
KBpedia IDEthnicGroupOfJavanese
Larousse IDdivers/Javanais/125648
SocioMap IDSM254163
Statistics Indonesia ethnicity code0114 6
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID10239750-n
Yale LUX IDconcept/1e0f9ec1-e66e-44af-8be0-e46827fc8e06

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