Osing language

Osing
Osing
Native to	Indonesia
Region	East Java, Indonesia
Ethnicity	Osing people
Native speakers	(300,000 cited 2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Javanese Osing; ; ;
Writing system	Javanese script and Latin; Pegon script (historical)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	osi
Glottolog	osin1237
	Areas where Osing is spoken by a majority of the population Areas where Osing is spoken by a significant minority of the population
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An Osing speaker, recorded in Indonesia which still mixed with Indonesian language.

The Osing language (Osing: Basa Using; Indonesian: Bahasa Osing), locally known as the language of Banyuwangi, is the Modern Javanese dialect of the Osing people of East Java, Indonesia. Speakers of the Osing language can also be found in Osing communities or enclaves in Jember, Situbondo, and Bondowoso. The Osing language in these areas has been influenced by other Javanese dialects (Mataraman Javanese, Arekan Javanese) and the Madurese language, making it seem or be considered less pure (deles) compared to the Osing language in Banyuwangi.

The Osing language is one of the conservative dialects of Javanese that still uses many Old Javanese words, along with the Tegal, Banyumasan, and Tengger dialects. However, the Osing dialect uses the vowel O instead of A, while Tegal, Banyumasan, and Tengger retain the vowel A. This is thought to be due to the influence of the Mataram Sultanate’s attack on the Blambangan Kingdom in the 17th century. Despite using the vowel O, the Osing dialect still maintains the clear and firm pronunciation of the consonant (k) at the end of syllables, similar to the Banyumasan and Tegal dialects. Linguistically, this language is part of the Javanese language family, which belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family.

A dictionary of the language was published in 2002 by Hasan Ali, an advocate for the language's use in Banyuwangi.^[2]

^ Osing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Bapak Bahasa Using itu Telah Berpulang". Tempo (in Indonesian). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

[e18-1] Osing at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Bapak Bahasa Using itu Telah Berpulang". Tempo (in Indonesian). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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