Add Javanese language please [Implemented]

[0xhello]

in case you need flag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yogyakarta.svg

and font
https://aksaradinusantara.com/fonta/aksara/jawa
i suggest Nawatura or Genk Kobra Ndomblong, choose the font and click "unduh" to download them
or you can use font from microsoft, javatext.ttf included since windows 8.1
or Google Noto Sans Javanese, but personally i dont like this font, due their "design phylosophy" the font missing few glyphs and not accurate

 

[Teasday]

@0xhello Add it in what sense? As a chapter language option, or as a site localization language? If it's the former, I'm wondering if we even have Javanese scanlations, and if the latter, localization in general is getting a rehaul so I suppose we should keep this in mind.

 

[0xhello]

the former, translate mangadex interface to javanese is unnecessary,
there are more javanese speaker than indonesian (2013 statistic, 100 million vs 77 million)
indonesian wont translate to javanese because they want wider audience for their release (most indonesian are dual-lingual)
but i do believe they are exist,
on my recent release i insert some javanese on it, and the feedback are good (not on mangadex anyway, just a local forum)
they say it "refreshing", and can be a good reading material beside for study if its fully translated to javanese,
so yea... thats why i made this request.
also,

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

Javanese scanlators exist?

 

[Holo]

When there are actual Javanese scanlations ready to be uploaded, we'll add it.

 

[0xhello]

okay

 

[Teasday]

@0xhello Out of curiosity, why did you suggest the flag of Yogyakarta? We're not really familiar with Javanese at all, but looking at Wikipedia, Java seems to separated into several regions, each with their own flags, so choosing a regional flag to represent the language doesn't seem to be unambiguous. Could picking one flag over another have any negative consequences, like showing some kind of favoritism for one region over the rest?

 

[0xhello]

well yes, there are several regions have javanese speaker,
but i choose yogyakarta flag because its a special region to begin with, more speaker than any other region, and the javanese it self still pure compared to other region.

but you made a good point there,
i also dont want to show any favoritism towards javanese speaker from another region,
and sadly i have no other flag to choose,
maybe the solution is keep the indonesian flag.

 

[Nakanowatari]

I'll be honest here pal, while I know a lot of people that can SPEAK javanese Ive never seen anybody that could actually READ one let alone WRITE one

 

[Teasday]

Alright. Well, partly due to the ambiguity of the flag and the potential issue with fonts, I think it's best if we postpone this until there's actual Javanese scanlations like Holo said.