REGIONAL DIALECT: INDONESIAN IN AMBONESE DIALECT

 

Regional Dialect: Indonesian In Ambonese Dialect

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According to Budiarsa (2015), Dialect is a variety of a particular language which is spoken by a group of speakers that is signaled by systematic markers such as syntactical, phonological, grammatical markers. Dialect may be in the forms of regional dialect and social dialect.

• Regional dialects

Regional dialects are language variants used in certain regions. For example, Indonesian is the Ambon dialect, Jakarta dialect  and Medan dialect.

• Social dialect

Social dialect is a dialect used by certain social groups or which marks certain social strata. For example, a youth dialect.

However, in this discussion, the author will discuss one example of a dialect in Indonesia, namely the Ambon dialect.

Indonesian in Ambonese dialect is also called by some people with Ambon Malay. The mention is because the Indonesian in Ambonese dialect comes from the Malay language family, the same as standard Indonesian. Indonesian in Ambonese dialect is the language of instruction and trade language in Maluku Province. As the language of instruction and trade language, Indonesian in Ambonese dialect is very popularly used in communication acts. The popularity of Indonesian in Ambonese dialect can be seen in the frequency of use in society which is so dominant. Because, the acquisition of the first language or mother tongue of the majority of children in Maluku is Indonesian in Ambonese dialect (Taufik, 2017)

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According to Saimima (in Taufik, 2017) that the Indonesian Ambon dialect is a language classified as a family or dialect of standard Malay spoken in the Maluku Province which includes Ambon City, Ambon Island, Lease Islands, namely Saparua, Haruku and Nusa Laut , Buano Island, Manipa Island, Kelang Island, Seram Island, Buru Island, and is used as a trade language in the Kei Islands, Banda, Watubela Islands, Southeast Maluku to Southwest Maluku.

As a language that has had a lot of influence from Portuguese and Dutch, Indonesian Ambonese dialect has several characteristics that are different from other Indonesian dialects. One characteristic of Indonesian Ambonese dialect is the use of personal pronouns or personal deixis. Broadly speaking, the use of Indonesian persona deixis in Ambon dialect is the same as the use of standard Indonesian persona deixis which both include the first person, second person, and third person deixis.

There are three forms of personal pronouns in standard Indonesian, namely

(1) singular and plural first person pronouns, for example me (saya) and us (kami)

(2) both singular and plural personal pronouns, for example you (kamu) and you (kalian)

(3) singular and plural third personal pronouns, for example he/she (dia) and they (mereka)

• Beta = saya 
• Ose = kamu, in some areas it is said 'os' or 'se' (the origin of the Portuguese word 'voce') 
• Katong = kita 
• Dorang = dia / mereka 
• Kamong / kamorang = kamu / kalian 

Example:

Speaker 1 : Abang,pasang beta wifi do.

                   abang pasang saya wifi dulu

                    ‘abang, hubungkan saya dulu wifi’.

Speaker 2 : Mari sini.

                   mari sini

                   ‘Mari sini’. 

Speaker 1 : Ini beta HP.

                   ini saya HP

                   ‘Ini HP saya’. 

Speaker 2 : Oke, su terhubung.

                   oke sudah terhubung

                   ‘Oke, sudah terhubung’.

In conclusion, language is the most basic communication tool in every community group. Language can be found in every region and time and individually. The national language is still Indonesian, but how Indonesians use Indonesian can be determined from their place of origin. In this respect, the Indonesians in the Maluku province differ from other Indonesians in expressing something Indonesian. This uniqueness forms an accent or dialect which is identical to each region and one of them is the Ambon dialect.

References:

Taufik. (2017). DEIKSIS PERSONA BAHASA INDONESIA DIALEK AMBON. Universitas Hasanuddin. 5(2). 325-339

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.typoonline.com/mengenal-dialek-dan-ragam-bahasa-indonesia/%3famp

Budiarsa. (2015). LANGUAGE, DIALECT AND REGISTER IN A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE. RETORIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa. 1(2). 379-387