Javanese

From Java +‎ -n- +‎ -ese.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɑː.vəˈniːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Javanese (plural Javanese)

1. A person belonging to the Javanese people (one of the indigenous groups native to Java island).
2. A cat of a certain domestic cat breed.

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 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.

Javanese

1. An indigenous language spoken by Javanese people.

• Javanesic
• Javanic

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Javanese terms

• ISO 639-1 code jv, ISO 639-3 code jav (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Javanese, jav ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Javanees