Osing language
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 | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | East Java, Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Osing people |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2000 census) |
| Javanese script and Latin Pegon script (historical) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | osi |
| Glottolog | osin1237 |
Some Osing words have the infix /-y-/ 'ngumbyah', 'kidyang', which are pronounced /ngumbah/ and /kidang/ in standard Javanese, respectively.
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 also uses "ring")
- masiyå/ambèknå 'even if'/'although' (standard Javanese:senadyan,senajan,najan, the Arekan dialect of Javanese also uses 'masiyå' / ambekna )
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