| Banyumasan | |
|---|---|
| Basa Banyumasan | |
| Spoken in | Western Part of Central Java (Indonesia) |
| Native speakers | 12–15 million (date missing) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None |
The Banyumasan language, spoken on the island of Java, is usually considered a dialect of Javanese in modern language classification.
The Banyumasan language is mainly spoken in the three areas of the island of Java: the Banyumasan region, 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 Majenang, Cilacap, Gombong, Kebumen, Banjarnegara, Purbalingga, Purwokerto, Bumiayu, Slawi, Pemalang, Tegal, and Brebes region.
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Scholars divide the development of Javanese language into four different stages:
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. Surakartan and Yogyakartan style are usually considered the standard Javanese language.
Banyumasan has a lot of 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 basically found in:
| Banyumasan Language | 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 | heat |
| 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 |
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:
In 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).
There are 3 main dialects of Banyumasan language: 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 sub-dialect, Dayeuhluhur sub-dialect, and Ayah sub-dialect.