Talk:Javanese people

No Sate?

How come sate is not mentioned in the cuisine section? It's a very popular food from Java. 203.82.92.60 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:42, 28 June 2011 (UTC).

Please refer to the Javanese cuisine link, it is discussed in more detail there User:Rosa lilian (talk) 09:24, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Munir

Well Munir was actually an Indonesian Arab, though he might have had some Javanese ancestry. Meursault2004 20:27, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Picture

Why four of five picture is president?202.69.101.170 07:14, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes I agree. They are all politicians. We should change the picture. I think the picture on the Indonesian Wikipedia is better, although it is in BW. Meursault2004 17:05, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Why don't we include photos of famous people like the African American, White American, Germans,Han Chinese,Asian American and Latin American articles in Wiki? Is it not more interesting? I found the grandfather photo selling rambutan rather uninteresting. I think putting photos of artists, politicians, and thinkers, is more intersting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.126.130.140 (talk) 11:01, 3 October 2009 (UTC) Is there any veritable source to say the old man is indeed javanese?Does anybody have a reference on that man?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.9.247.69 (talk) 15:42, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

One of the cuisine picture is somewhat rotated 90 degress, any idea how to fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosa lilian (talk • contribs) 01:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Pronunciation of "Javanese" and "Java"

How is "Javanese" called (pronounced) in Javanese? How is the name of Java island pronounced by its inhabitants? I've found a number of different pronunciations including "Java" and "Yava" but couldn't find the original...

--Aleksandar Šušnjar 15:32, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Javanese is called wong Jawa [wɔŋ 'dʒɔwɔ] or tiyang Jawi [ti^jaŋ 'dʒawi] in Javanese. The former is in the so-called ngoko speech register (roughly common speak) and the latter in the so-called krama speech register (roughly official speak). The island of Java is called pulo Jawa or pulo Jawi. But the land of Java where the Javanese people live, is called tanah Jawa or tanah Jawi. Tanah is pronounced as [tɑn'ah], while pulo is pronounced as ['pulo]. Meursault2004 17:15, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

In Latin Java is pronounciated like the native call their island, Jawa.Aditthegrat 08:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Renamed article

I renamed this article from Javanese to Javanese people, consistent with the convention used with other articles about ethnic peoples. I'll have Javanese redirect here with another link to Javanese (disambiguation). --Ginkgo100 ^talk 22:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't know, the language is quite often referred to. Glancing at Special:Whatlinkshere/Javanese, while more seem to be for the ethnic group, there are quite a few referring to the language as well. Most of this kind go right to disambiguation, for example English or Balinese. Having Javanese be a disambiguation page would make it more obvious that the links that go there (that should go to either the language or the ethnicity) should be redirected. Rigadoun (talk) 16:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

No Sources

Is anyone else disturbed that this article does not cite any of its sources. Regarding the used of Indonesian, It mentiones a survey but does not cite it. That particular segment says that only about 30% of Javanese speak Indonesian. That might be the case, but I really doubt it -- all school children learn Indonesian. Also, most if not all of TV programs are broadcast in Indnesian or in a foreign language with a Indonesian subtitles. In my experience, with the exception of the very old (who grew up before wide spread general education) and the very young (who have not gone to school yet), most Javanese speak Indonesian. Dr. Lukens-Bull 11:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that seems like an error. Don't know how that happended.Merbabu 02:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it's the opposite, about 30% Javanese speak Javanese fluently. Many Javanese people in Jakarta or outside Java island, can't speak Javanese. Like me, I understand Javanese language but I'm not good to speak in Javanese. Ario_ManUtd 08:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

"related groups" info removed from infobox

For dedicated editors of this page: The "related Groups" info was removed from all {{Infobox Ethnic group}} infoboxes. Comments may be left here. Ling.Nut 22:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Removal of sub-country regional population statistics

An anonymous editor (User:202.58.86.15) has repeatedly removed the sub-country regional population stats without providing any justification why they are unsuitable for use in the template. In reverting these unjustified changes I've pointed out that nowhere does the template (Template:Ethnic_group) state that sub-country stats cannot be included. User:Merbabu has also reverted these changes, I presume for the same reasons. Until a case is provided for why the province stats, which provide a useful understanding of the widespread distribution of the Javanese people throughout Indonesia, cannot be included I will continue to revert these changes. (Caniago 13:46, 22 August 2007 (UTC))

Yes, the case for removal should be made first, rather than a case for keeping. --Merbabu 13:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

This article is getting weird

This is ,meant to be about the people - it is now creeping into history, and culture and goes beyond the scope of what these style of article should contain - a lot of the extra stuff belongs in other articles SatuSuro 00:36, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

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Article issues

70% of this article belongs in other articles - History, Culture are not the main intent of this article, it is a misappropriation.

As an ethnic group the sheer size of population of the javanese ethnic group is an issue where transmigration in the past has seen groups try (some successes and failures) to assimilate in non javanese regions - there also significant variations in language, cuisine, depending on the regional location. Try speaking and asking a Javanese from Banyumas and Banyuwangi about things - and there are significant differences... Surabayans and Yogyakartans... the differences are many...

This article needs to be reduced in size and pruned of extraneous material which needs to be in other articles SatuSuro 10:36, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted verbose unimportant details. But after much consideration, I think some items pertains closer to people, such as social structure, literature, religion, occupations. Can we move them back? For other items such as cuisine, art, calendar, I see they are more suitable on the cultural page User:Rosa lilian (talk) 02:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Picture of Javanese people

The pictures of Javanese people on top are somewhat imbalanced; they weights more on contemporary figures with little historical ones. I've changed some of them to figures who lived during the colonial era. Alteaven (talk) 02:05, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

I've trimmed the images of Javanese people in the infobox; cut down from 25 to 16 images. Displaying 25 images is too much and make the article somewhat looks like highschool's yearbook, let's just display 16 images of Javanese people that really count and famous, with historical figures and women well-represented. We should not let the infobox grow into a photo album; its layout is overwhelming the page, especially viewed in smaller laptop screen or smartphone screen. Gunkarta  talk  03:42, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Javanese population in Malaysia

Does anyone know the actual population of Javanese in Malaysia? Wikipedia here says 4.3 million but according to this site, it says it 641000. https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17000/MY Anyone can clarify which is the correct number?ShanghaiWu (talk) 02:35, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposal for the deletion of all the galleries of personalities from the articles about ethnic groups

Seemingly there is a significant number of commentators which support the general removal of infobox collages. I think there is a great opportunity to get a general agreement on this matter. It is clear that it has to be a broad consensus, which must involve as many editors as possible, otherwise there is a big risk for this decision to be challenged in the near future. I opened a Request for comment process, hoping that more people will adhere to this proposal. Please comment here. Hahun (talk) 07:21, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Javanese language

Javanese people use Indonesian as their national language, stop equating Indonesian language with Malay, within the Indonesian constitution where Javanese people come from java islan in Indonesia, Indonesian and Malay are different Nelson Salomo Jr (talk) 09:52, 23 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Nelson Salomo Jr: Two facts are important here: 1. Indonesian is a standardized variety of Malay, and is the national language of Indonesia and as such spoken by most Javanese people in Indonesia either as a second language, but also as a first language by many Javanese who have migrated within Indonesia outside of the traditional Javanese speech area. 2. Javanese people migrated in great numbers to the Malay peninsula during the colonial period, and have assimilated in various degrees to the Malay majority population. Assimilation also includes language shift to the majority language of Malaysia, i.e. the Malaysian variant of Malay. I have added a source for the latter fact, and it will not be hard to find many more other sources about this. –Austronesier (talk) 10:59, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

The endless to and fro over the last ten years between malay and indonesian articles, topics and subjects claiming primacy are rarely resolved adequately, and a lot of bad blood remains in many articles and topics. I always like the way the javanese prince diponegoro called market language, the language of 'chooks' (ayam). the claim of 'fact' is something that doesnt help, both sides say that. National/ethnic pride on both sides is not helpful. I have yet to see anyone who claims to be neither malay or indonesian, who is prepared to deal with the subject from historic and linguistic evidence. JarrahTree 11:10, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: This doesn't do justice to Indonesian editors like Ckfasdf who equally defends the NPOV content of this page. It's not just "neutral" outsiders like you and me, but also many long-standing Indonesian and Malaysian editors who hand-in-hand patrol ISEA-related pages to maintain NPOV against biased edits from IPs and single-purpose accounts. –Austronesier (talk) 11:31, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

I fully agree that there are editors who struggle to sustain npov - and my apologies if I didnt acknowledge them here JarrahTree 12:27, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

So what about a consensus version that all can agree to? Here again for comparison:

• Old version (restored by Anumengelamun in nonchalant negligence of the 3RR-rule): | langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (including [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]])
• Disputed version by Nelson Salomo Jr: | langs =[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]

Obviously, the Javanese language should be mentioned first, and this is undisputed. The "old" version gives equal weight to the non-Javanese speaking ethnic Javanese in Indonesia and Malaysia, and for some strange reason mentions "Malaysian" first. The second version completely denies the existence of Malay-speaking ethnic Javanese in Malaysia (and so does the editor who defends it against all resistance by various editors).

My proposal for a compromise: | langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (predominantly [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], but also the [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]] variant).

This gives due mention, but not undue weight to the Malay-speaking ethnic Javanese in Malaysia. –Austronesier (talk) 20:14, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

There's a statement in indonesian language which describe Indonesian people attitude regarding this matter accurately, which is Malaysians tend to assert that Malaysian and Indonesian are merely different normative varieties of the same language, while Indonesians tend to treat them as separate, albeit closely related, languages. Afterall, we (Indonesian) were taught that in school for many years, maybe to invoke sense of nationalism, which eventually create biased view on Indonesian language. Personally, I think such view for nationalism is OK in Indonesia, but not really OK in linguistics world. I can accept Indonesian is a variety of malay, only after I actually learn about linguistics. Other Indonesian may don't agree with me. So even if Nelson Salomo Jr didn't edit the "old" version, other Indonesian most likely will edit it. In general, I agree with Austronesier proposal for compromise.

@Nelson Salomo Jr:, I strongly suggest you to learn more about language family and then you may understand why Wikipedia have article on malay language, Indonesian language, malaysian language and relation between those languages. Ckfasdf (talk) 22:34, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

no need to debate, Indonesian and Malay are different, especially if we talk about law in Indonesia. do Indonesians call themselves using Malay as the national language? NO! Malay is the only regional language that has limited use on the east coast of Sumatra and Kalimantan. It is impossible to include "tribal languages" (Ethnic) as national languages ​​while Indonesia is made up of hundreds of tribes, Bahasa indonesia is not entirely from Malay! more precisely is a combination of various regional languages ​​in Indonesia! actually a lot of vocabulary is taken from the Minang, Javanese, and Sundanese languages. Javanese people as part of Indonesia use Bahasa indonesia as their daily language while they are accompanied by Javanese because yes! they are part of the Indonesia Nelson Salomo Jr (talk) 22:50, 23 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Nelson Salomo Jr: "if we talk about law in Indonesia." - but we are not. If we cared for partisan politics Wikipedia wouldn't be a thing. We should abide by linguistics, not nationalist tendencies. The two are standardized forms of one language. 141.138.57.163 (talk) 02:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Austronesier and Ckfasdf: Sorry, I didn't see this discussion before I did the last revert. I agree with Austronesier's proposal. Also, to Nelson Salomo Jr, even by using your own definition of "Malay" which you said only covers the regional language(s) spoken on the east coast of Sumatra and Kalimantan, there would still be a significant number of Javanese who use "Malay", since many of second- and third-generation Javanese transmigrants in Sumatra's eastern coast already use local Malay vernaculars as their daily languages (including myself, who use Palembang Malay as my main language at home. And yes, I identify ethnically as a Javanese). Masjawad99^💬 23:50, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

You are right ::: @Nelson Solomon Jr: Indonesian is not Malay, they are 2 separate languages, like Malay language with Minangkabau one language group but different Alam Bashari (talk) 14:02, 26 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Dude, stop dreaming, Indonesian is indeed a form of Malay. We know that it hurts your pride to acknowledge that, but it is fact. Ø:G (talk) 14:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: Here we should abide by linguistics, not nationalist tendencies. The two are standardized forms of one language. Please also read this academic publication about bahasa indonesia. Ckfasdf (talk) 20:28, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ckfasdf: “Bahasa indonesia memang berasal dari bahasa melayu, tapi bahasa indonesia bukan bahasa melayu” https://m.detik.com/news/berita/d-4762989/bahasa-indonesia-bahasa-atau-sekadar-salah-satu-dialek-melayu/1 Alam Bashari (talk) 01:59, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: Academic publication is generally preferred source in wikipedia over electronic media. But let's just discuss your source anyway. The source quote opinion from 2 experts (Imelda, etnolinguist from LIPI and Sriyanto, researcher from Pusat Bahasa), and they disagree on whether Indonesian is just a dialect of Malay or not. Imelda said it is, considering linguistics POV and even provide mathematical model on dialects, and Sriyanto said it is not, because difference in vocabulary and political reason. So, based on your source, I believe most of Editor here will agree with Imelda's opinion Ckfasdf (talk) 03:51, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

there are only 2 "Malay" languages family, Malay and Indonesian, THERE IS NO MALAYSIA LANGUAGE! their constitution says Malay language as their national language. The new “Malaysia language” was created in 2007. So there are only 2 choices of languages ​​: Bahasa indonesia or Bahasa melayu Alam Bashari (talk) 02:13, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: This is biased drivel. If you and @Nelson Salomo Jr: are not able or are unwilling to accept the fact that Malaysian and Indonesian are two standardized varieties of one language, this conversation is utterly moot, and the rest of us here would kindly ask you to stop vandalizing the article.

@ProKro: as a stranger far from the Indonesian archipelago, I suggest you to learn, (Indonesian)==>

https://m.detik.com/news/berita/d-4762989/bahasa-indonesia-bahasa-atau-sekadar-salah-satu-dialek-melayu/ Alam Bashari (talk) 03:03, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari:, while I do agree with you on many things but I'm surprised when you said ""Malay" languages family, Malay and Indonesian, THERE IS NO MALAYSIA LANGUAGE! their constitution says Malay language as their national language. The new “Malaysia language” was created in 2007." Maybe I'm just ignorant, but I would be very pleased if you have cite the evidence of its creation in 2007?

On the voting, I would vote for the old version. As an outsider, I think it is very odd to be denied of one's Javanese heritage simply because a Javanese person is born outside of the Javanese native land region, let alone to be born outside of Indonesia. -Jeblat (talk) 06:36, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jeblat: see ==> Malaysian language

Alam Bashari (talk) 08:10, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jeblat: https://majalah.tempo.co/read/126669/bahasa-indonesia-bahasa-melayu

“Bahasa indonesia memang bahasa kandung dari bahasa melayu, tapi keduanya berbeda, terlampau jauh setiap kosakata dan susunan kedua bahasa kandung tersebut”

“Hal yang tidak berdasar orang malaysia terus mengklaim bahasa indonesia sebagai bagian dari bahasa yang mereka tuturkan”

https://m.nomor.net/_kodepos.php?_i=republik-indonesia&id=12367

“ awal mula adanya bahasa melayu “versi malaysia” “Kabinet malaysia sepakat mengubah bahasa melayu menjadi bahasa malaysia” Alam Bashari (talk) 08:22, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2007/11/05/group-rename-the-national-language-bahasa-melayu/ Alam Bashari (talk) 08:24, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

http://www.ikim.gov.my/new-wp/index.php/2007/08/08/malay-language-malay-identity/ Alam Bashari (talk) 08:24, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Intinya hanya ada 2 bahasa di nusantara 1. BAHASA MELAYU/JAWI => MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, SINGAPURA, SELATAN THAILAND 2. BAHASA INDONESIA => INDONESIA, TIMOR LESTE Alam Bashari (talk) 08:27, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: Use English, this is the English Wikipedia. As a fluent L2-speaker of Malay/Indonesian, I can certainly understand your contribution, but I will neither answer your last comments, nor consider it a constructive input to this discussion, and recommend the same to other participants in this dispute, regardless of their background. If you seriously want to contribute to this encyclopedia, stop excluding other editors by using any language other than English in discussions. Foreign-language sources are of course ok, but then please translate verbatim quotes into English. Thank you! –Austronesier (talk) 09:07, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Austronesier: I only quoted the contents of the sources that I found in the language "Bahasa indonesia" "Bahasa Melayu" and “English" Alam Bashari (talk) 09:13, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

why is the issue of “language” now a debate? Indonesian language has always been included as Javanese page and there is no problem! why is it now a problem for editors ??? Alam Bashari (talk) 09:23, 27 December 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: Why? Please read this section from the very beginning (hint: it's just below section title).Ckfasdf (talk) 09:31, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Alam Bashari: It is not the inclusion of Indonesian that is contested, but the exclusion of (Malaysian) Malay. Nelson Salomo Jr repeatedly deleted the mention of Malay-speaking Javanese in the infobox, in spite of sourced content in the main text that supports it. –Austronesier (talk) 09:34, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Austronesier: So, is it OK now? To leave it as : | langs =[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Malay language|Malay]]
It's kind of different with your proposal, but this format is still somewhat acknowledge Malay speaking Javanese (in Indonesia and Malaysia) Ckfasdf (talk) 11:40, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ckfasdf: The current version at least resolves the initial issue, i.e. the inclusion of Javanese that speak non-Indonesian Malay which has been so vehemently contested by Nelson Salomo Jr. In my personal opinion however, it is not ideal, since we generally treat Malay as a cover term that also includes Indonesian; this treatment can be based on numerous neutral sources (here just a few: Ewing (2005), Goddard (2005), Nothofer (2009)). So a listing like "Indonesian, Malay" is a bit skewed and inconsistent, when compared to "Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian)". But if there are sensible objections (beyond fist-swinging proclamations of the "yes!"-"no!"-type) to this inclusive variant, I can also accept the current variant as stable content backed by consensus. Certainly the latter is less prone to drive-edits by flag-waving single-purpose accounts. –Austronesier (talk) 13:04, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

References

@Austronesier: totally agree with you, especially on the last sentence. Case closed then, and hope this will be the last. Ckfasdf (talk) 13:31, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ckfasdf: Let's wait for the other participants in this discussion first. I'll ping them in a couple of days to come to a close. –Austronesier (talk) 15:29, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

I believe as it is right now might be most fitting, if not a bit wordy. ProKro (talk) 20:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

@Austronesier: and :::@Ckfasdf: On Wikipedia there are also 2 language versions namely Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia, the two languages ​​cannot be equated GA1015 (talk) 07:51, 2 January 2020 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@GA1015: Please also read this, Grace (an Indonesian) really explain it well. Ckfasdf (talk) 08:05, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

-to de point- GA1015 (talk) 07:52, 2 January 2020 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ckfasdf: so the conclusion: in order to respect the feelings of all people, wikipedia editors should be consistent (differentiate) Malay with Indonesian GA1015 (talk) 11:02, 2 January 2020 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@GA1015: What is relevant here, are reliable, neutral – ideally academic – sources. We do not know about "the feelings of all people"; it is significant however to note that many experienced editors from Indonesia are apparently not hurt by the description of Indonesian as a variant of Malay, but in fact support it. –Austronesier (talk) 11:24, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier: I ask you, is there an Indonesian language law in state of indonesia that Indonesian language is Malay? No. what about other Malay cognate languages ​​such as Betawi and Minangkabau? Are they included "subordinate" Malay language? no. Basically we all agree that Indonesian is an "independent" language from Malay. like comparing English with German, they are one family of languages ​​but different GA1015 (talk) 11:38, 2 January 2020 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ckfasdf: and :::@Austronesier:

proposal that I submitted: Language =

Javanese, Indonesian

Malay (used in Malaysia and Singapore) GA1015 (talk) 11:41, 2 January 2020 (UTC) Blocked sock. Austronesier (talk) 16:20, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@GA1015: Don't argue, just provide sources for the POV that you want to push here via edit warring on various pages. Again, neutral, reliable, and ideally academic sources. And as far as I know, Indonesian law is not concerned with the question of whether Indonesian is a variant of Malay or not. It is concerned with standardization, spelling, usage, institutions etc. And to compare the differences between the Indonesian and Malaysian standardized versions of Malay with the difference between German and English is ridiculous. –Austronesier (talk) 11:57, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier: Try to note the text above, there are already many sources displayed GA1015 (talk) 12:00, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@GA1015: Ckfasdf already has explained above that academic peer-reviewed publications are generally preferred as source in Wikipedia over electronic media. See WP:SOURCETYPES. –Austronesier (talk) 12:10, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@GA1015: Also, please do not edit the article before reaching consensus. See WP:BRR. Ckfasdf (talk) 13:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and Ckfasdf: Just to be clear on what the public are voting on. It seems to me as if there's a third option here:-

1. Old version (restored by Anumengelamun in nonchalant negligence of the 3RR-rule): | langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (including [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]])
2. Disputed version by Nelson Salomo Jr: | langs =[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
3. Based on the discussion here: | langs =[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]]

If I'm wrong, then forget about the third option. -Jeblat (talk) 15:49, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Jeblat for summarizing, that's correct, the third option has explicitly been proposed by GA1015. Note that the second version by Nelson Salomo Jr (blocked for sockpuppetry) is apparently not defended by anyone else; all editors still active in this discussion (and via pathetic edit warring) seem to agree on the demographics. –Austronesier (talk) 09:17, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and Ckfasdf: Also, I think it is important to bring this to the attention of the editors in the discussion here that similar edits on this matter is also common in other ethnicity based articles particularly of those Indonesian related articles. Recently a slew of edits by GA1015 (and also other editors in the past) on the same issue were made in other Indonesian ethnicity based articles. So if a consensus is made here, I supposed it will also apply to the rest? -Jeblat (talk) 17:51, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

@Jeblat: WP:RFC is way to go then... and also request for page protection? Ckfasdf (talk) 19:38, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

FYI (to all): three editors that have taken part in this discussion are blocked for sock puppetry. I have striked their contributions, so that they are not deleted, but appropriately qualified. @Jeblat, Ckfasdf, and And all others: I think we can simplifiy the discussion before we go to WP:RFC or WP:DRN. I know that many accept Version 3 (Jeblat's count) as a possible compromise, but since three major POV-pushers are gone, here's my straightforward

Proposal: |langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (predominantly [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], but also other variants, including [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]])

("other variants" takes account of the case cited by Masjawad99). Is there anyone out there who is not a sock, and who would still object to this version? –Austronesier (talk) 16:38, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier: I have not actively participated in the discussion but have followed it for the most part. With socks gone, I believe that proposal is the best compromise for all sides. If I may suggest to make it less verbose with: |langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (predominantly [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]) as "also other variants including Malaysian" are are implied by Malay as an umbrella term while the Indonesian standard is fittingly stated as per wishes of some editors. ProKro (talk) 22:53, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and ProKro: I'm okay with either wordings. Masjawad99^💬 23:10, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and ProKro: both proposal is OK, a little bit more incline to ProKro's proposal though. Btw, Will this consensus be applicable to other Indonesian ethnic group with significant presence in Malaysia? just as @Jeblat mentioned above... Ckfasdf (talk) 23:21, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and ProKro: I think by default, the "predominantly" should be left out. It's a matter of case by case basis (as we're also looking beyond the Javanese people article alone, eg. Borneo and Papua region), provided there's a credible citation to support "predominantly". | langs=[[Javanese language|Javanese]]<br>[[Malay language|Malay]] (including [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]) (Indonesian or Malaysian language interchangeably, does not really matter IMHO). But for the Javanese people article, it's not a problem. -Jeblat (talk) 07:14, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Austronesier and Ckfasdf: At the rate things have gone from the past, very likely a page protection might be needed. -Jeblat (talk) 07:14, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Agree with Jeblat, it should be decided on a case by case basis. "Predominantly" will probably work for most ethnic groups with a predominant home base in Indonesia, e.g. Buginese, Madurese/Boyanese, Minangkabau, Mandailing, but not for ethnic groups historically distributed on both sides of the border, e.g. Bidayuh or Kayan people. In any case, we need good sources about language maintenance and shift among the respective ethnic groups in the diaspora.

Not sure if we will get PP as of now, since practically all disruptive edits in the last month were linked to a single sockmaster, and all socks were blocked. –Austronesier (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Indonesian and Malay

Add new course in language column http://badanbahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/lamanbahasa/sites/default/files/UU_2009_24.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.192.224.172 (talk) 13:13, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Omah Kudus？

I couldn't find the definition for "Omah Kudus" as mentioned in "The elaborately carved Omah Kudus is a fine example of Javanese woodcarving mastery." , can anybody help, so that I can put it in my translation (into traditional Chinese)? Thanks for your kind attention. ThomasYehYeh (talk) 06:47, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Numbers of Malaysian Javanese Population

Last statistic made by British Malaya for Javanese population there was 189,000 in 1950. The terminology "British Malaya" is important since Sabah and Sarawak were not included yet, and Singapore was considered part of British Malaya. The 5 million number claimed by AlhyarJy is irresponsible, since no study had been given. All references from Kompas, Malaysiakini and article from Teruo Sekimoto do not contained any exact Javanese numbers, but only narratives of the people that migrated to Malaya. If editor insisted on the number, please provide reliable census or at least statistical study to back it up. Barapawaka (talk) 06:43, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

The Netherlands in the infobox

I checked the sources and when it talks about "Javanen" (Javanese people) it actually omits actual people from the island of Java. The Netherlands has this weird idiosyncratic definition of "Javanese people" that includes Javanese Surinamese people from South America but excludes any Indonesians. In the Dutch language it's also common to contrast "Javanese people" (Javanen) with "Indians" (Indiërs) where the former only includes South Americans and the latter people from Indonesia (meaning that actual people from Java aren't Javanese in the Netherlands). The sources used to cite the number of Javanese people are entitled Omvang en spreiding van Surinaamse bevolkingsgroepen in Nederland (Size and spread of Surinamese populations in the Netherlands) and De maatschappelijke situatie van Surinaamse bevolkingsgroepen in Nederland (The social situation of Surinamese population groups in the Netherlands), neither of which are about "the broad definition of Javanese people" (which includes people from Java and their descendants).

Maybe a note or something should be added to the infobox that the 21,700 people figure excludes any of the circa 1,700,000 Indonesians living in the Netherlands, or that it only includes Javanese people from Suriname as the Netherlands doesn't keep statistics about ethnic or geographic origin beyond nationality. --Donald Trung (talk) 23:38, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

The Netherlands has this weird idiosyncratic definition of "Javanese people" that includes Javanese Surinamese people from South America but excludes any Indonesians. No. That's a wrong reading of the sources. Of course Javanese from Indonesia are called Javanese in the Netherlands. But the two sources used in this article only talk about the ethnic composition of immigrants from Suriname (pre- and post-independence) to the Netherlands. As you say, the country doesn't keep statistics about ethnic or geographic origin beyond nationality. So it's indeed unfortunate to present these figures as if they were the total number of Javanese in the Netherlands.

The figure of "1,7 million Indonesians living in the Netherlands" that appears in the article Overseas Indonesians is poorly sourced and partially misinterpreted from the sources. These sources just report two individuals saying stuff on some occasion; (then) PM Rutte explicitly talks about people that have some roots in Indonesia—and Rutte's biography suggests that "roots in Indonesia" also includes Dutch people that resided in Indonesia in colonial times. This statistics is more reliable and lists 106,300 people born in Indonesia, and 67,700 people born in the Netherlands to parents that were both born in Indonesia (= second-generation immigrants). Under the naive assumption that the ethnic composition of Indonesia (per 2010 Census data) can be mapped 1:1 to first- and second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands, a proportion of 40% gives ca. 175,000 Javanese originating from Indonesia in addition to the Suriname Javanese.

This kind of arithmetics is of course not permissible to support infobox content, but it gives a clear idea that the figure of 21,700 is quite misleading if not further specified. Let's try to find a reliable source (not Detik etc.) that gives a citable estimate.–Austronesier (talk) 19:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)