Langenesis

Austronesian family

Old Javanese (Kawi)

804 CE – 1500 CE Classical

Old Javanese (Kawi) (804 CE – 1500 CE) is a classical Austronesian language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian → Old Javanese (Kawi).

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ISO 639-3
kaw
Glottocode
oldj1239

Earliest dated text is the Sukabumi inscription (804 CE). Heavily Sanskrit- influenced literary language of the Kakawin poems; still used in Balinese ritual and literature.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Old Javanese (Kawi)804 CE – 1500 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 9

Also descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

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