Regional Tongue, Not Dialect
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
HASAN Ali's love of the regional Osing language was not only devoted to the Osing-Indonesian Dictionary. He opposed the mainstream, dissenting from the view of Javanese language experts. According to Hasan, Osing is a regional tongue developing among ethnic Osing people in Banyuwangi. Meanwhile, Javanese specialists are convinced that Osing is a mere local dialect. In their argument, Osing is Javanese in the Osing dialect or Banyuwangi dialec
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