Javanese undressed

Conners, Thomas

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“…The Javanese taught in school courses is typically the H variety, which originates from Yogyakarta and Solo (Conners, 2008). The problems with teaching only a wide variety of Javanese only in school are that 1) it isolates an already endangered variety of a language from other contexts where it can be spoken, 2) it erases the multilingual history of Javanese speakers and interactions with other groups such as Sundanese and Malay speakers and assumes that there once existed a Javanese kingdom and society that were entirely monolingual.…”

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Directions for Indonesian Language Policy in Education: Towards A Translingual Perspective

Mitchell,

Chojimah,

Nurhayani

2022

NOBEL

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This study overviews literature regarding the development of Indonesian, language endangerment, language attitudes, and ideologies, as well as emerging teaching methodologies to provide the context of the current challenges facing Indonesia’s sociolinguistic situation. The establishment of Bahasa Indonesia as the national language helped unite the country but, at the same time, created new challenges for addressing linguistic diversity. The dissemination of English education has complicated the situation further and has been associated with exacerbating inequalities. These inequalities have not only had consequences for linguistic diversity but also for access to employment and education. Language policies continue to treat language as static rather than dynamic processes which involve one’s communicative repertoire. We argue that while some language scholars studying Indonesia have begun to acknowledge the advantages of translingual/multilingual education, there still remains under-addressed obstacles to its successful implementation and the risk of co-option for ulterior purposes. We conclude that advocacy for language policy in Indonesia should be a part of a broader effort to address the needs of marginalized communities and harness students’ diverse and dynamic linguistic repertoires to improve the quality of learning and inclusivity in the classroom

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Directions for Indonesian Language Policy in Education: Towards A Translingual Perspective

Mitchell,

Chojimah,

Nurhayani

2022

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“…Malangan Javanese, spoken in the city of Malang, falls under the Eastern Javanese cluster. Other Eastern Javanese varieties that have received scholarly attention include Surabayan Javanese (Hoogervorst 2008;Krauße 2017), Paciran Javanese (Vander Klok 2012), and Tengger Javanese (Conners 2008). The phonology of Malangan Javanese has only recently been described by Yannuar (2019a) and the current paper is based on that initial analysis.…”

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Examining Javanese Phonology Through Word-Reversal Practices

Yannuar¹,

Hoogervorst²,

Klamer³

2022

Oceanic Linguistics

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This paper analyzes aspects of the phonology of Malangan Javanese, spoken in the city of Malang in East Java, Indonesia, through the lens of a reversed language called Basa Walikan Malangan ("Walikan"). Walikan historically functioned as a secret language, but is currently regarded as a marker of a shared local identity. It involves the total reversal of segments of Malangan Javanese and occasionally Indonesian words. Manipulation takes place on a word level and is predominantly phonemic, affecting underlying forms rather than their surface realizations. In a small number of cases, orthography appears to influence word reversal as well. We demonstrate how Walikan reversals chiefly comply with the phonology of Malangan Javanese. Their analysis puts us in the position to cast new light on some under-described issues of Javanese phonology, such as the realization of word-final stops, the syllabification of consonant clusters, and processes of vowel-lowering. We also call attention to instances where Javanese phonotactics are violated, arguing that the phonemic status of a number of vowels and consonants is changing. This is especially the case with the phoneme /ɔ/, which was historically an allophone of /a/ but has now gained phonemic status, as demonstrated by Walikan data.

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The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia

2024

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The book presents the most wide-ranging treatment of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia and their outliers, a group of more than 800 languages belonging to the wider Austronesian family. It brings together leading scholars and junior researchers to offer a comprehensive account of the historical relations, typological diversity, and varied sociolinguistic issues that characterize the languages. It also deals with historical linguistics, including discussion of human genetics, archaeology, and cultural history. The book explores language contact between Malayo-Polynesian and unrelated languages and provides detailed overviews of the different groupings of Malayo-Polynesian languages. It offers in-depth studies of important typological features across the whole linguistic area.

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Javanese undressed

Cited by 59 publications

References 21 publications

Directions for Indonesian Language Policy in Education: Towards A Translingual Perspective

Directions for Indonesian Language Policy in Education: Towards A Translingual Perspective

Examining Javanese Phonology Through Word-Reversal Practices

The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia

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