Banyumasan dialect
| Banyumasan | |
|---|---|
| Basa Banyumasan, Basa Ngapak | |
| Native to | Western Part of Central Java (Indonesia) |
| Ethnicity | Banyumasan people |
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Native speakers
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12–15 million (date missing) |
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Austronesian
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| Dialects | Tegalan, Banyumasan, Banten |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Banyumasan, colloquially known as Basa Ngapak, is a dialect of Javanese spoken mainly in three areas of Java that is the Banyumasan, located in westernmost Central Java Province and surrounding the Slamet mountain and Serayu River; a neighboring area inside West Java Province; and northern region of Banten Province. This area includes Majenang, Cilacap, Gombong, Kebumen, Banjarnegara, Purbalingga, Purwokerto, Bumiayu, Slawi, Pemalang, Tegal, and Brebes regencies.
Scholars divide the development of Javanese language into four different stages:
The phases above were influenced by the emergence of empires in Java. In Javanese cultural history, empires yielded some distinct grades of language, each grade representing the social grade of the speakers (mainly nobles and populaces). Those grades of language are not of significant influence to Banyumasan people. In the Banyumasan region, high grades are usually used only when speaking to a stranger assumed to come from the eastern area of Java i.e. Yogyakarta / Surakarta etc., or on certain occasions. Surakartan and Yogyakartan style are usually considered the standard Javanese language.
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