Javanese, Suriname

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A language of Suriname

ISO 639-3
jvn
Alternate Names
Caribbean Javanese, Surinaams Javaans
Autonym
Jawa Suriname
User Population

75,500 in Suriname (2018). Total users in all countries: 78,440.

Location

Commewijne, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, and Wanica districts; north coast.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Javanese
Dialects

None known. Significantly different from Javanese [jav] of Indonesia.

Language Use

All domains, except education. Used by all. Also use Dutch [nld].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Literature. Periodicals. Radio. Dictionary. Texts. Bible: 2018.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Javanese, Suriname
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Descended from plantation workers brought from Java between 1890–1939. Muslim, traditional religion.

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