Wong cilik
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Wong Cilik means 'little people' in Javanese
, the language of the Javanese people, Indonesia
's largest ethnic group. It is a social class in traditional Javanese society that corresponds to commoners in medieval European societies, as opposed to priyayi
, the elite, aristocratic class.
Javanese language
Javanese language is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. In addition, there are also some pockets of Javanese speakers in the northern coast of western Java...
, the language of the Javanese people, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
's largest ethnic group. It is a social class in traditional Javanese society that corresponds to commoners in medieval European societies, as opposed to priyayi
Priyayi
Priyayi is the Dutch era class of the nobles of the Robe, as opposed to royal nobility or bangsawan or ningrat/di ningrat in Java, Indonesia's most populous island...
, the elite, aristocratic class.