The Osing language (Osing: Basa Using; Indonesian: Bahasa Osing), locally known as the language of Banyuwangi, is the language of the Osing people of East Java, Indonesia.
Osing | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | East Java, Indonesia |
Ethnicity | Osing people |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Javanese script and Latin Pegon script (historical) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | osi |
Glottolog | osin1237 |
![]() Areas where Osing is spoken by a majority of the population
Areas where Osing is spoken by a significant minority of the population | |
Some Osing words have the infix /-y-/ 'ngumbyah', 'kidyang', which are pronounced /ngumbah/ and /kidang/ in standard Javanese, respectively.[2]
Divergent Osing vocabulary includes:[2]
- osing/sing 'not' (standard Javanese: ora)
- paran 'what' (standard Javanese: åpå Paran in standard Javanese mean existing)
- kadhung 'if" (standard Javanese:yèn,lèk,nèk, dhonge)
- kelendhi 'how' (standard Javanese:kepiyè,piyè)
- maning 'again' (standard Javanese:manèh,the Banyumasan dialect and some Gresik of Javanese also uses 'maning')
- isun 'I/me' (standard Javanese:aku, Kedu and Gresik sometimes also uses 'isun')
- rikå 'you' (standard Javanese:kowè,the Banyumasan dialect also uses "rikå")
- ring/nong 'in/at/on' (standard Javanese:ning,nang, Malang also uses 'nong' , the Balinese language and Old Javanese also uses "ring")
- masiyå/ambèknå 'even if'/'although' (standard Javanese:senadyan,senajan,najan, the Arekan dialect of Javanese also uses 'masiyå' / ambekna )
References
edit- ^ Osing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Projects > Javanese Dialectology > Osing Dialect". Jakarta Field Station. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- Wittke, Jonas (2019). Status Planning and Regional Identity: The Case of Osing in Banyuwangi, Indonesia (Ph.D. thesis). Rice University. hdl:1911/105415.
- Arps, Bernard (2010), "Terwujudnya bahasa Using di Banyuwangi dan peranan media elektronik di dalamnya (selayang pandang, 1970–2009)", in Mikihiro Moriyama; Manneke Budiman (eds.), Geliat Bahasa Selaras Zaman: Perubahan Bahasa-Bahasa di Indonesia Pasca-Orde Baru, pp. 225–248, hdl:1887/15213
- Arps, Bernard (2009). "Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town". Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia. 11 (1): 1. doi:10.17510/wjhi.v11i1.142. hdl:1887/15219.
External links
edit- Inside Indonesia - Bahasa Osing, Warisan Iswara Blambangan on YouTube (in Indonesian) - CNN Indonesia documentary
- Bahasa Using (Osing) Banyuwangi on YouTube (in Indonesian) - Balai Pelestarian Nilai Budaya D.I. Yogyakarta documentary