Banyumasan dialect

Banyumasan
Banyumasan
basa Banyumasan, basa Ngapak
Native to	Western Part of Central Java (Indonesia)
Ethnicity	Banyumasan
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Javanese Banyumasan; ; ;
Dialects	Tegalan, Banyumasan, Banten
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	bany1247

Last updated May 01, 2024

Banyumasan (basa Banyumasan), also known as the autoglottonym Ngapak (basa Ngapak), is a dialect of Javanese spoken mainly in three areas of Java that is the Banyumasan, located in westernmost Central Java province and surrounding the Slamet mountain and Serayu River; a neighboring area inside West Java province; and northern region of Banten province. This area includes Cilacap, Kebumen, Banjarnegara, Purbalingga, Banyumas, Pemalang, Tegal, and Brebes regencies, together with independent cities within that region.^[1] Banyumasan is considered as one of the most conservative Javanese dialects (comparable to the Nuorese variety of Sardinian), retaining the phonology and some aspects of Old Javanese grammar in the modern language.

History

Scholars divide the development of Javanese language into four different stages:

9th–13th century, known as Old Javanese.
13th–16th century, developed to Middle Javanese.
16th–20th century, developed to Early Modern Javanese.
Since 20th century, developed to Modern Javanese.

The phases above were influenced by the emergence of empires in Java. In Javanese cultural history, empires yielded some distinct grades of language, each grade representing the social grade of the speakers (mainly nobles and populaces). Those grades of language are not of significant influence to Banyumasan people. In the Banyumasan region, high grades are usually used only when speaking to a stranger assumed to come from the eastern area of Java i.e. Yogyakarta / Surakarta etc., or on certain occasions. Nowadays the Banyumasan people use high grade Javanese to a stranger, a noble man and older people. Surakartan and Yogyakartan style are usually considered the standard Javanese language.^[2]

Vocabulary

Banyumasan many differences compared to standard Javanese, mainly in phonology, pronunciation and vocabulary. This happened due to cultural or character distinction and widely current usage of Old Javanese vocabulary. Another distinction is that the pronunciation of the vowels is not as complicated.

Vocabulary distinction is basically found in:

Same word and phonetic but different meaning
Same word and meaning but different phonetic
Same phonetic and meaning but different pronunciation (changed on consonant or vowel).

Banyumasan	Standard Javanese	English
ageh	ayo	come on
ambring	sepi	quiet
batir	kanca	friend
bangkong	kodok	frog
bengel	mumet	dizzy
bodhol	rusak	broken
brug → Dutch loanwords	kreteg	bridge
bringsang	sumuk	hot
gering	kuru	thin
clebek	kopi	coffee
londhog	alon	slow
druni	medhit	stingy
dhonge/dhongane	kudune	should be
egin	isih	still
gableg	duwe	have
getul	tekan	arrive
gigal	tiba	fall
gili	dalan	road
gujih	rewel	fussy
jagong	lungguh	sit
kiye	iki	this
kuwe	iku	that
letek	asin	salty
maen	apik	good
maregi	nyebeli	badly

Politeness

Javanese speech varies depending on social context, yielding three distinct styles, or registers. Each style employs its own vocabulary, grammatical rules and even prosody. This is not unique to Javanese; neighbouring Austronesian languages as well as East Asian languages such as Korean, Japanese and Thai share similar constructions.

In Javanese these styles are called:

Ngoko is informal speech, used between friends and close relatives. It is also used by persons of higher status to persons of lower status, such as elders to younger people or bosses to subordinates.
Madya is the intermediary form between ngoko and krama. An example of the context where one would use madya is an interaction between strangers on the street, where one wants to be neither too formal nor too informal.
Krama is the polite and formal style. It is used between persons of the same status who do not wish to be informal. It is also the official style for public speeches, announcements, etc.

In the Banyumasan region, Madya and Krama styles are rarely used, usually towards a stranger who is assumed to come from the eastern area of Java (wetanan) such as Yogyakarta, Surakarta etc. or on certain occasions, an eastern style of language (basa wetanan) named bandhekan (from gandhek).

Dialects and sub-dialects

There are three main dialects of Banyumasan: North area (Tegalan), South area (Banyumasan), and Banten.

The Tegalan dialect is spoken in northern areas of Banyumasan: Tanjung, Ketanggungan, Larangan, Brebes, Slawi, Moga, Pemalang, Surodadi, and Tegal.

The Banyumasan dialect is spoken in southern areas: Bumiayu, Karang Pucung, Cilacap, Nusakambangan Island, Kroya, Ajibarang, Wangon, Purwokerto, Purbalingga, Bobotsari, Banjarnegara, Purwareja, Kebumen, and Gombong.

The Banten dialect is spoken in north Banten.

In addition, there are several sub-dialects spoken in Banyumasan, such as Bumiayu, Dayeuhluhur, and Ayah.

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References

↑ Abdul Muslim (3 December 2015). "Bahasa Banyumasan Terancam Punah" [Banyumasan Language Threatened with Extinction]. Berita Satu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
↑ "Bupati Luncurkan Aplikasi Kamus Bahasa Banyumas" [Banyumas Regent Launches Banyumasan Language Dictionary Application]. banyumaskab.go.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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[1] Abdul Muslim (3 December 2015). "Bahasa Banyumasan Terancam Punah" [Banyumasan Language Threatened with Extinction]. Berita Satu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[2] "Bupati Luncurkan Aplikasi Kamus Bahasa Banyumas" [Banyumas Regent Launches Banyumasan Language Dictionary Application]. banyumaskab.go.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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