Javanese; Jawa [P/U] Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian,
Sundic, Javanese. Central Java, Irian Jaya, Sulawesi, Sumatra etc.(Indonesia). f Primary
stress falls on the penultimate syllable if it contains a full vowel. f If the penultimate vowel is
schwa, stress is final. f When more than one suffix is added, stress shifts to the new
penultimate syllable, leaving a secondary stress on the fourth syllable from the right.
pANEstu'blessing' b «n «r'correct'k «bAN «t «n 'too bad' paluNguAne 'his seat'

STATISTICAL DATA DEALING WITH BASIC VOCABULARY COMPARISONS AMONG A
SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES ARE PRESENTED. SOME OF
THE LANGUAGES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO SUBGROUPS UNDER GEOGRAPHICAL
DIVISIONS, AND OTHERS ARE REGARDED AS SUBGROUPS IN THEMSELVES. THE
LANGUAGES COVERED IN THE STUDY STRETCH GEOGRAPHICALLY FROM
MADAGASCAR TO EASTER ISLAND AND FROM TAIWAN, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND …

When discussing typological characteristics of a genetically coherent group of languages,
there are two points of view, an external and an internal one. Externally, the focus is on
features which characterize the group as a whole vis-a-vis other language families or
linguistic areas. Internally, the focus is on features which characterize one (typological)
subgroup as opposed to another. The two points of view are obviously interrelated in that a
complex internal typology* ie a group of languages differs with regard to a large number of …