Javanese people

Austronesian ethnic group

The Javanese (Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, romanised: Wong Jåwå (in the ngoko register), ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ, Tiyang Jawi (in the krama register); Indonesian: Orang Jawa) 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.

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