Javanese
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
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[edit]Javanese (plural Javanese)
- A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
- A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.
Usage notes
[edit]As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Javanese", "writing about Javanese cuisine as a Javanese") is now uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Javanese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Javanese cuisine as a Javanese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.
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Proper noun
[edit]Javanese
- An indigenous Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Javanese people.
- 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 440:
- They speak the Javanese and Kawi languages, which they write in a native character. They are now Mahometans in Java, but Brahmins in Bali and Lombock.
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- ISO 639-1 code jv, ISO 639-3 code jav (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Javanese, jav
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