Editing Java (section)

===Languages===
[[File:Java languages.JPG|thumb|Languages spoken in Java (Javanese is shown in white). "Malay" refers to [[Betawi language|Betawi]], the local dialect as one of Malay creole dialect.]]

The three major languages spoken on Java are [[Javanese language|Javanese]], [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] and [[Madurese language|Madurese]]. Other languages spoken include [[Betawi language|Betawi]] (a [[Malay language|Malay]] dialect local to the Jakarta region), [[Osing language|Osing]], [[Banyumasan language|Banyumasan]], and [[Tenggerese people|Tenggerese]] (closely related to Javanese), [[Baduy language|Baduy]] and [[Bantenese language|Bantenese]] (closely related to Sundanese), [[Kangean language|Kangean]]ese (closely related to Madurese), and [[Balinese language|Balinese]].<ref>[http://www.cityandsuburbancleaners.com.au/Languages-of-Indonesia.pdf Languages of Java and Bali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216214336/http://www.cityandsuburbancleaners.com.au/Languages-of-Indonesia.pdf |date=2017-02-16 }}. Other sources may list some of these as dialects rather than languages.</ref> The vast majority of the population also speaks [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], often as a second language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Indonesia/Ethnic-groups|title=Ethnic groups|publisher=[[Britannica]]|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref>