Tenggerese_dialect

Tenggerese dialect

Tenggerese dialect

Language of the Tenggerese people of East Java, Indonesia

Tenggerese (sometimes referred to as Tengger Javanese) is a language used by the Tenggerese people in the mountain region of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park which includes Pasuruan Regency, Probolinggo Regency, Malang Regency and Lumajang Regency of East Java, Indonesia.

Quick Facts Region, Ethnicity ...

Linguistically, Tenggerese is considered to be a dialect of Javanese, a Malayo-Polynesian language under the Austronesian language family. Some linguists regard Tenggerese as a descendant of the ancient Kawi language, as it has retained old vocabulary that is no longer used in modern Javanese.[3]

Distribution

Tenggerese is spoken in regions that are settled by the Tenggerese people in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park area:

Grammar

A few examples of words in Tenggerese:

More information Indonesian language, English ...

When the alphabet "A" is read as "O" in modern Javanese, in Tenggerese it is still read as "A".[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Publication Name". Sp2010.bps.go.id. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    Tenggerese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. [3]
    Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati 2016, p. 2
  4. [4]
    Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati 2016, p. 9

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