A PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PALATALIZATION IN THE OSING DIALECT OF JAVANESE, BANYUWANGI

Abstract

This article observes the palatalization in one of the local dialects in Indonesia. Compared with other dialects of Javanese in different geographical areas in Indonesia, palatalization phenomena almost do not exist in some of the Javanese dialects. However, based on my close observation, there is one local dialect that has palatalization phenomena in its pronunciation. The dialect is called Osing dialect. Osing is one of the Javanese dialects used by Banyuwangi inhabitants. This research observes the environment of syllables in Osing dialect based on the sound distribution that triggers the palatalization and identifies the types of palatalization. The data were taken from interviewing the local people as the participants especially in Kemiren village that represent the speech community of Osing dialect. For the analysis, this research used phonetic articulatory to see how the participants use Osing dialect. This research finds that the palatalization in Osing dialect happens in 11 consonants and 2 vowels as the target and the trigger. The palatalization appears on the target sounds by certain rules. The target sounds are palatalized if they are followed by the trigger sound. Moreover, this research also shows that palatalization in Osing dialect indicates a secondary palatalization.