What Is Java Tribe?

Parts of Java (Java ngoko: wong Java / Krama : tiyang Jawi) is Indonesia's largest ethnic group originating from Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta. At least 41.7% of Indonesia's population are ethnic Javanese. In addition to these three provinces, many Javanese living in Lampung, Banten, Jakarta and North Sumatra. In West Java, they are found in the district of Indramayu and Cirebon. Javanese also have sub-tribes, such as the ethnic Osing, the Samin, tribal Bawean / Boyan, Dragon, Nagaring, Tengger tribe, and others. In addition, some parts of Java in the country of Suriname, Central America since the Dutch colonial period these tribes were brought there as a worker and there are now parts of Java known as Java Suriname.

Java tribes mostly using Java language in everyday speak. In a survey of Tempo magazine in the early 1990s, only about 12% of people who use Indonesian Java as a language of their day-to-day, about 18% using the Java language and Indonesian are mixed, and the rest just use the Java language course.

Java language has rules of vocabulary and intonation differences based on the relationship between the speaker and the listener, which is known as the upload-ungguh. Aspects of language has a strong social influence in the culture of Java, and Java usually make people very aware of their social status.