Javanese topic
Also known as
- Javanese people
The Javanese are an ethnic group native to the Indonesia island of Java. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island. At 90 million people (as of 2004), it is the largest ethnic group on the island, and also in Indonesia.
Like most Indonesian ethnic groups, including the Sundanese of West Java, the Javanese are of Austronesian origins whose ancestors are thought to have originated in Taiwan, and migrated though the Philippines, reaching Java between 1,500BCE...
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