The Osing language (Osing: ''Basa Using''; ), locally known as ''the language of
Banyuwangi'', is the Modern
Javanese dialect of the
Osing people of
East Java,
Indonesia
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. The Osing dialect uses a special diphthongization (changing the vowel ''i'' to ''ai'' and the vowel ''u'' to ''au'') which is not found in any other Javanese dialect.
Some Osing words have the infix /-y-/ 'ngumbyah', 'kidyang', which are pronounced /ngumbah/ and /kidang/ in standard
Javanese, respectively.
A dictionary of the language was published in 2002 by
Hasan Ali, an advocate for the language's use in Banyuwangi.
Vocabulary
Divergent Osing vocabulary includes:
*''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
Old Javanese or Kawi is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language and the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was natively spoken in the central and eastern part of Java Island, what is now Central Java, Special Region o ...
also uses "ring")
*''masiyå''/''ambèknå'' 'even if'/'although' (standard Javanese: senadyan, senajan, najan, the Arekan dialect of Javanese also uses 'masiyå' / ambekna )
References
Further reading
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External links
* - CNN Indonesia documentary
* – Balai Pelestarian Nilai Budaya D.I. Yogyakarta documentary
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