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Osing language

Language of the Osing people of East Java, Indonesia

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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, Lamongan and Gresik sometimes also uses 'esun')
  • 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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