Javanese (basa jawa/jawi) links?

[Aakheperenre]

Does anyone know where I can find free online Javanese language radio (journalism, not music) or tv? I would prefer Indonesia-based sites but Suriname is okay.

[Aakheperenre]

Guess not.

[ILuvEire]

Sorry, no. Why not just learn Indonesian? Aren't the very similar?

[peterlin]

Sorry, no. Why not just learn Indonesian? Aren't the very similar?

I guess you were thinking of the Malay / Indonesian pair...

Javanese and Indonesian are, indeed, related, but I wouldn't call them very similar. To prove my point, here's (a snippet of) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in both languages:

Pasal 1
Semua orang dilahirkan merdeka dan mempunyai martabat dan hak-hak yang sama. Mereka dikaruniai akal dan hati nurani dan hendaknya bergaul satu sama lain dalam semangat persaudaraan.

Pasal 2
Setiap orang berhak atas semua hak dan kebebasan-kebebasan yang tercantum di dalam Pernyataan ini tanpa perkecualian apapun, seperti ras, warna kulit, jenis kelamin, bahasa, agama, politik atau pendapat yang berlainan, asal mula kebangsaan atau kemasyarakatan, hak milik, kelahiran ataupun kedudukan lain.
Di samping itu, tidak diperbolehkan melakukan perbedaan atas dasar kedudukan politik, hukum atau kedudukan internasional dari negara atau daerah dari mana seseorang berasal, baik dari negara yang merdeka, yang berbentuk wilayah-wilayah perwalian, jajahan atau yang berada di bawah batasan kedaulatan yang lain.

Pasal 3
Setiap orang berhak atas penghidupan, kebebasan dan keselamatan individu.

Pasal 4
Tidak seorang pun boleh diperbudak atau diperhambakan, perbudakan dan perdagangan budak dalam bentuk apapun mesti dilarang.

Pasal 5
Tidak seorang pun boleh disiksa atau diperlakukan secara kejam, memperoleh perlakuan atau dihukum secara tidak manusiawi atau direndahkan martabatnya.

BAB : 1
Saben uwong kalairake kanthi mardika lan darbe martabat lan hak-hak kang padha. Kabeh pinaringan akal lan kalbu sarta kaajab pasrawungan anggone memitran siji lan sijine kanthi jiwo sumadulur.

BAB : 2
Saben uwong darbe hak tumrap hak lan kebebasan-kebebasan kang tinulis ing Pranyatan Umum iki tanpa pilih kasih, kabeh warata lan adil ing samubarang, kayata: beda bedaning ras, warnaning awak (walulang), beda-bedaning lanang lan wadon, basa, agama, politik lan panemu liyane, asal usul suku bangsa lan bebrayan, hak darbe, tatalair lan kalungguhan liyane.

Sakbanjure,ora bakal ana prabedane tumrap kalungguhan politik, angger-angger (undang-undang) utowa kalungguhan internasional saka negara utowa laladan asal usuling sawijinging uwong, sanadyan saka negara mardika, laladan-laladan ing panguwasaning wali, jajahan utawa kang winengku ing kawasaning liyan.

BAB : 3
Saben uwong nduweni hak ingatasing uripe, bebasing uripe lan kaslametane minongko pribadi (individu).

BAB : 4
Ora keno sawijining uwong didadekake budhak utawa batur, maujuding budhak lan batur tukon kanthi ujud apa wae dadi larangan.

BAB : 5
Ora kena sawijining uwong disiyo-siyo ing siksa, utawa nandhang tindak kejem, dipatrapi utawa nampa pidono kang ora kaya lumrahing umat manungsa utowo siningkur karemehake.

As for the original question: no, I don't know of any. Did you try asking on some Indonesia-themed forums (eg. http://www.indoforum.org/)?

[Aakheperenre]

Why not just learn Indonesian?

I do plan on learning Indonesian. In fact, I've already started, although it's "on hold" for now.
I don't have any plans of learning Javanese, I just like it and want to hear more.

As for the original question: no, I don't know of any. Did you try asking on some Indonesia-themed forums (eg. http://www.indoforum.org/)?

Thank you for that link!

[Laoshu505000]

Hello there. I just thought maybe I should put my 2 sense in Well, it would be cool to learn Javanese, but I would recommend doing Indonesian first. Not to say that Javanese isn't interesting. What I can say though, is it is more complicated than Bahasa. I can speak a bit of Javanese so I'll give you some examples:

You have three different speech levels of Javanese. You have Ngoko/Madya/Krama/. The first one would probably be learned first since it's the one children usually starts with. It's pretty straightforward. and it's considered an informal language. Krama is considerd to be more polite and elegant and is used often in formal occasions. Mdya which is used amongst people of low status; and to close people who you would still show respect to. I will use the interrogative ''this'' as an example:
Ngoko= iki / Madya=niki/ Krama= punika. Like I was saying before, Javanese is indeed an interesting language. I look forward to strengthening my Javanese level though. Oh, the Javanese traditional script is awesome! Well, good luck on your studies. By the way, check this link out:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/javanese.htm

[Laoshu505000]

Hello people, well I feel like a fool because I just realized in my post I said that ''This'' is an interrogative I meant to say that it's a DEMONSTRATIVE. Anyway, I just wanted to clarify that one