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Kawi

oldest attested phase of the Javanese language

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Native to: Indonesia
Region: Java , Bali , Madura , Lombok
Era: literary language , developed into Middle Javanese at the end of the 13th century, and developed into Early Modern Javanese by 16th-17th century
Language family: Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Old Javanese
Writing system: Kawi , Javanese , Balinese
Iso 639 2: kaw
Iso 639 3: kaw
Linguist list: kaw
Glottolog: kawi1241

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Copy of stele written in Kawi script Old Javanese or Kawi is an Austronesian language and the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was natively spoken in the central and eastern part of Java Island, what is now Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java Provinces, Indonesia. As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the islands of Madura, Bali, and Lombok.

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