The Javanese system of kinship terms of address relies tightly on its social construction
mirroring not only culture but also point of view of the Javanese people. It is undeniable
that the society has long been structured vertically hierarchical. There is always upper to
lower social relationship among social practices. Hence it is manifested in the form of
Javanese speech levels illustrating that a speaker should consider both role and
circumstance. The levels of speech presumably fall into some smaller linguistic features,
one of which is address term particularly maintaining kinship relationship. Javanese culture
considers ascending generation as the polar asserting that father’s/mother’s big
brothers/sisters, father’s/mother’s big brother’s/sister’s sons/daughters, father’s/mother’s
big brother’s/sister’s son’s/daughter’s sons/daughters would be addressed as all terms
equivalent to big or older sibling
