ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Papunesia · ISO 639-3 osi · Glottocode osin1237

Osing

Osing expands the Austronesian selection with a language assigned the Javanese script and an Indonesian reference point.

Language family
Austronesian
Likely script
Javanese (Java)
Source status
not endangered
Macroarea
Papunesia
Source country codes
ID
Reference point
-8.253, 114.292

Open research question

What actual functions do Javanese and Latin writing have today in different local contexts?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.