In Indonesia there are so many ethnic groups with their own cultures, languages and alphabets. The alphabets only familiar to the people in its own region, so it is foreign to the others. We do not use them any longer in every day lifes, but still they are taught in schools to preserve the culture.
For this Weekly Photo Challenge : foreign, I choose three alphabets photos from three different parts of my beloved country.
The first one is the Javanese alphabets called Hanacaraka. The sign means Wijilan street. I took the picture in Yogyakarta.
The second one is from Bandar Lampung, a city from the southern part of the island of Sumatera. The street name is written in Lampung alphabets, means Majapahit street.
The third one is from West Java, the Sundanese alphabet. It is the entrance to the Kawah Putih, the crater of mount Patuha.
Because of the many languages and cultures, in the old days our people could not be united. Until on 28th of Octobre 1928 students of STOVIA, a medicine school in the Dutch colonialism era, declared that Indonesians should have one country, one nation and one language, Indonesia. So, the day commemorated as the day of Sumpah Pemuda, the youth vows.
I am curious to see the Sundanese alphabet which unclearly shown on the board (the entrance of Kawah Putih).
It is hard to read since the fonts are in white while the background is in orange… How does the sundanese alphabet’s look like kak?
almost similar to javanese, mbak.. hanacaraka
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Assalamu’alaikum Wr.WB
Mba, maaf baru bisa berkunjung. Lama terhenti menulis
Saya kurang paham ini weekly photo challenge saya baru tahu
Yg saya paham jadi lebih banyak ide untuk diceritakan dan dibagi kepada yang lain yaa Mba.
Sukses ya Mba
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lumayan, kita dikasih tema foto…., kalau kebetulan ada yang cocok ditampilkan aja…
cocok dgn yg sepi ide sepertiku he..he..
suka cara Mba Monda menginterpretasinya. Huruf Lampung lagi-lagi bikin saya kangen pengen main ke sana..
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Sayang ya, generasi sekarang lebih bangga bisa bahasa Inggris daripada bahasa daerahnya sendiri …
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setuju pakai banget nian.
he..he…, anakku juga belajar Sunda di sekolah malah pusing, karena nggak dipakai sehari2
lihat tulisan Hanacaraka jd inget pelajaran bhs Jawa pas SD dulu suruh ngapalin ini..sekrg giliran Zidan belajar huruf Jawa ini ^_^
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sekarang masih bisa baca Hanacaraka
mam?
wah mbak, aku malah lupa dengan huruf hanacaraka
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nggak pernah dipakai ya El jadi lupa..
aku dulu nggak pernah belajar tulisan kuno apapun
Apresiasi luar biasa mbak Monda, menginterpretasikan tantangan foreign dengan semakin menghargai bahasa persatuan. Dirgahayu peringatan hari Sumpah Pemuda. Salam
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I love your approach to this week’s photo challenge! Thanks for sharing the photos and some wonderful insights on your country.
Eliz
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you’re welcone Eliz, and I always love your photos too
hampir lupa dengan honocoroko, dulu waktu masih dirumah orang tua, kakek hampir tiap hari buat kuis menulis honocoroko kalau benar nanti dikasih hadiah, hiks…sekarang sudah tidak pernah dipakai, babar blas lupa
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kakek hebat ya …,
jadi beliau bisa dong baca buku2 kuno?
kalau udah nggak pernah baca tulis honocoroko pasti gampang lupa ya, nggak seperti naik sepeda.., sekali udah bisa tetap bisa selamanya
keren…keren…keren….
luar biasa idenya BunMon…
seratus jempol deh…
tapi, sayangnya kita malah ikut2an asing dengan bahasa daerah sendiri ya BunMon, seperti hanacaraka dan huruf2 lain yang diatas….
satupun aku gak ngerti dan gak tau cara tulis maupun bacanya ….hiks
salam
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trims ya mam….
makanya mungkin sekarang mulai lagi dipakai untuk mengingatkan
Siang mBak Monda, aku mau ngasih sesuatu buat blog ni.
Baca ya, di sini
Ttd,
~Ra
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Great selection of photos for this challenge!
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Thank you very much
Wah, baru ini lihat aksara lampung… a-i-u-e-o nya tandanya apa ya? kok kaya’ tak bertanda gitu… semacam aksara gundul, hehe…
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aaah…keren. waktu SMP pernah belajar sedikit si hanacaraka sunda itu Bun, aseli deh susah bgt, mendingan belajar huruf Arab atau Kanji heuheu
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saya org sunda malah belum pernah belajar huruf hanacaraka ini di sekolah… sayang ya mak ga diajarin lagi ini huruf2nya
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when I was in elementary school, I was able to read and write hanacaraka. I almost forget all of them nowadays
)
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beruntung lho pernah belajar hanacaraka…., kl pengen lancar lagi kan tinggal refresh sedikit aja