Javanese

Javanese

Basa Jawa
68M speakers · Austronesian › Malayo-Polynesian · Latin
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IndonesianMalaySundaneseTagalogMalagasyCebuanoMadureseIlocanoHiligaynonMinangkabauBugineseBanjarese

Written in the latin script. Uses SVO word order with agglutinative morphology. Notable features include a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Typology

Word order SVO
Adposition preposition
Def. article yes
Indef. article no
Tonal no
Gender no
Noun cases no

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Indonesian Malayo-PolynesianMalay Malayo-PolynesianSundanese Malayo-PolynesianTagalog Malayo-PolynesianMalagasy Malayo-PolynesianCebuano Malayo-PolynesianMadurese Malayo-PolynesianIlocano Malayo-Polynesian
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