Javanese New Caledonians
Ethnic group
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Javanese New Caledonians are an ethnic group of full or partial Javanese descent who reside in New Caledonia. They arrived between 1896 and 1949.[1] They were sent as plantation workers administered by the Dutch colonial government in New Caledonia.[2]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,300[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| New Caledonian Javanese · French · Indonesian · other New Caledonian languages | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Javanese, Austronesian people |
They comprise less than 1.6% of New Caledonia's population.[3] The Javanese diaspora extends to Suriname, Malaysia and Singapore.
Most Javanese New Caledonians cannot speak Indonesian (but some of them master it as a third language via interactions with expatriate Javanese Indonesians and to a lesser extent intermarriage) but are fluent in New Caledonian Javanese.[1][4]