Old Javanese is the oldest phase of the Javanese language that was spoken in areas in what is now the eastern part of Central Java and the whole of East Java. While evidence of writing in Java dates to the Sanskrit Tarumanegara inscription of 450 the oldest example written entirely in Javanese called the Sukabumi inscription is dated March 25 804.
ISO 639-2 code
kaw
ISO 639-3 code
kaw
family
Malayo-Polynesian languages, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
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