Javanese
E21999
The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Javanese canonical | 50 |
| Javanese language | 26 |
| Javanese people | 3 |
| Javanese cuisine | 1 |
| Javanese language group | 1 |
| Tenggerese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T174182 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Javanese Context triple: [Indonesia, ethnicGroup, Javanese]
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A.
Middle Javanese
Middle Javanese is a historical stage of the Javanese language that developed after Old Javanese and served as a key literary and cultural medium in Java during the late medieval period.
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B.
Indonesian
Indonesian is the standardized form of the Malay language used as the national and administrative language of Indonesia.
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C.
Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
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D.
Modern Javanese
Modern Javanese is the contemporary Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Java, characterized by a complex speech level system and a vocabulary significantly shaped by earlier Kawi (Old Javanese) and other historical influences.
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E.
Kawi (Old Javanese)
Kawi (Old Javanese) is an early literary form of the Javanese language used in classical inscriptions and texts across Java and neighboring regions in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Javanese Target entity description: The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
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A.
Middle Javanese
Middle Javanese is a historical stage of the Javanese language that developed after Old Javanese and served as a key literary and cultural medium in Java during the late medieval period.
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B.
Indonesian
Indonesian is the standardized form of the Malay language used as the national and administrative language of Indonesia.
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C.
Sundanese
The Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group of western Java in Indonesia, known for their distinct language, rich musical and dance traditions, and agrarian culture.
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D.
Modern Javanese
Modern Javanese is the contemporary Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Java, characterized by a complex speech level system and a vocabulary significantly shaped by earlier Kawi (Old Javanese) and other historical influences.
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E.
Kawi (Old Javanese)
Kawi (Old Javanese) is an early literary form of the Javanese language used in classical inscriptions and texts across Java and neighboring regions in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indonesian ethnic group
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ethnic group ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalConcept |
Javanese calendar
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Javanese court etiquette ⓘ Javanese mysticism ⓘ Javanese naming customs ⓘ |
| diaspora |
Malaysia
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Netherlands ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Suriname ⓘ |
| ethnogenesisRegion | central and eastern Java ⓘ |
| historicalPolities |
Demak Sultanate
ⓘ
Majapahit Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Majapahit
Mataram Sultanate ⓘ Singhasari Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Singhasari
Surakarta Sunanate ⓘ Yogyakarta Sultanate ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indonesian arts
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Indonesian national culture ⓘ Indonesian politics ⓘ |
| language |
Javanese
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Javanese language
|
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| populationMajorityIn |
Java
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surface form:
Central Java
East Java ⓘ Yogyakarta ⓘ
surface form:
Yogyakarta Special Region
|
| primaryRegion |
Java
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surface form:
Central Java
East Java ⓘ Java ⓘ Yogyakarta ⓘ
surface form:
Yogyakarta Special Region
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Balinese
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Madurese ⓘ Osing people ⓘ Sundanese ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Javanese syncretic beliefs ⓘ Kejawen ⓘ |
| significantPopulationIn |
Jakarta
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Kalimantan ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ West Java ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
commoners
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court aristocracy ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Javanese people of Malaysia
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Javanese people of Suriname ⓘ |
| traditionalCulture |
Javanese architecture
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Javanese court culture ⓘ Javanese dance ⓘ Javanese literature ⓘ Javanese performing arts ⓘ batik ⓘ gamelan ⓘ keris ⓘ wayang kulit ⓘ |
| traditionalValues |
alus behavior ideal
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hormat ⓘ nrimo ⓘ rukun ⓘ tepa selira ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Javanese script
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Latin alphabet ⓘ Pegon script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Javanese Description of subject: The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia, primarily inhabiting the island of Java and known for their rich cultural traditions, language, and influence on Indonesian politics and arts.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.