Austronesian · ISO 639-3 jvn
Caribbean Javanese Language
Caribbean Javanese is an Austronesian language spoken by about 82 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Caribbean Javanese is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Caribbean Javanese language
Caribbean Javanese is spoken by about 82 million people, which makes it the 23rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Turkish (82 million) and ahead of Tamil (82 million). It belongs to the Austronesian language family and, more precisely, to the Global Javanese group within the Javanesic branch.
Where is Caribbean Javanese spoken?
Caribbean Javanese is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Suriname (82 million). More than half of the population speaks it in Suriname — the places where travellers will hear it everywhere.
Caribbean Javanese is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Caribbean Javanese is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Javanese.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 jvn.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.