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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Javanese – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.

About Javanese

Native name
Basa Jawa
ISO code
ISO 639-1: jv · ISO 639-3: jav
Language family
Austronesian › Western Malayo-Polynesian
Script
Latin
Native speakers
68 million
Also spoken in
Indonesia, Suriname
Official language Also spoken

Javanese is the native language of more people than any other language of Indonesia, mainly on Java. It has distinct speech levels depending on the social status of the speakers and its own traditional script.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025