Bawean is spoken by about 20,000 people on Bawean Island in the Gresik Regency in East Java Province in southern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken in the villages of Dauna in Suwari in the Sangkapura distict, and in the village of Kepuhteluk in the Tambak district. It is classified as a dialect of Madurese, or as a closely related but separate language.
Bawean is also known as Boyan or Boyanese. It is officially recognised as a minority language in Indonesia. Each of the villages where the language is spoken has it's own local dialect. It is written with the Latin script although there is no standard spelling system. It is also written with the Pegon script (أبجاْد ڤَيگو - Abjâd Pèghu), a version of the Arabic script introduced to Indonesia in the 13th century AD/CE.
There is a also a creole variety of Bawean which has been influenced by languages such as Javanese, Buginese and Malay. It is spoken Bawean people and their descendents who have migrated to Malaysia and Singapore.
Download an alphabet chart for Bawean (Excel)
Ajjɔ moka?-moka?samper? mɔnghitaangarsailange?, Ben ajjɔ ngokerlange? mɔnghitangoasaeelmolahir ben elmobatin.
Do not take off a woman's sarong before carving the sky, and do not carve the sky before mastering physical and mental knowledge
Interpretation: Do not get married before going to other lands for a living, and do not travel before mastering self-defence and the Quran)
Source: The Bawean ethnic language: Attitude and diglossic community culture
Information about Bawean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bawean_language
https://heyboyanese.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/boyanese-101/
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.1201/9780429507410-5/bawean-ethnic-language-attitude-diglossic-community-culture-utami
https://heyboyanese.wordpress.com/
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