Lingua Iavanica est una ex linguis Austronesiis, sed praesertim non arte conecta cum aliis linguis et difficilis in genera descriptu.
Linguae artissime cognatae cum lingua Iavanica sunt linguae Sundana, Madurensis, Balinensis, aliaeque linguae vicinae. Plurimi loquentes Iavanenses lingua Indonesiana quoque utuntur, genere linguarum Malaicarum solito, ob fines publicos et commerciales, et cum Indonesiis non Iavanicis communicare.
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