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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		Basa Jawa
Family		Austronesian	vs	7.5% World Languages have Austronesian	compare Austronesian World Languages
Subgroup		Malayo-polynesian
3 Letter Code		Jav

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		75.5 (6.61 higher than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (75.5)
Native Speakers as % of World		1.6 (0.08 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (1.6)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		80 (33.83 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (80)
Total Speakers as % of World		1 (0.52 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (1)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		None	vs	62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence		SVO	vs	43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Indonesia
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Indonesia, Malaysia, Suriname, New Caledonia
No. of Countries Spoken In		4 (6.33 lower than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (4)

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