Status. Javanese is the spoken language of over 75 million people in the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia (Ethnologue). It is also spoken in Malaysia, the Netherlands, and in Singapore (Ethnologue).In addition, there are Javanese settlements in Papua, Sulawesi, Maluku, Kalimantan, and Sumatra.avanese is also used as a literary language in Madura, Bali, Lombok, and West Java. Javanese is used as a spoken and communal language in suburban and rural areas of Java, and in some parts the urban communities.