javanese
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- n a native or inhabitant of Java
- n the Indonesian language spoken on Java
- a of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language
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- Socioeconomic Exclusion and Inclusion
Inequality helped spark the 1997–98 unrest that presaged Indonesia's transition. Although Suharto's policies vastly improved citizens' lives, he and his cronies amassed wealth ostentatiously. Many believed he privileged ethnic Chinese industrialists and excluded non-Javanese from senior positions.
June 18, 2013 - Foreign Relations
Quotes
- Diponegoro in Antara
Children today are confused if they are asked about their ethnicity. If their father who is a Javanese asks the same question, they will say 'We are Javanese' but when their Padangese mother puts the same question to them, they will say 'we are... Jusuf Kalla http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEc1147jTtu3CsU6OJrKGzXoKJmsA Antara http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/10/25/vp-says-difficult-now-to-maintain-ethnic-language&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFlW_1QxoTxs8MMkpCpFtqU4Cus7Q Oct 25, 2008 54355 71802 javanese As a mother tongue, Javanese quality is fine, but its quantity is declining," an expert in culture of the Diponegoro University, Trias Yusuf, said here Friday. - Hamengkubuwono X in Jakarta Post
This [award] is just a piece of paper,Hamengkubuwono said. "It's nothing compared to your dedication and efforts in making Javanese culture, especially from Yogyakarta, known to the wider world."