Javanese Globe, Dubai Airport uses smooth Java language for flight information

Themoderatemuslims.blogspot.co.id - At Dubai International Airport, a number of passengers were caught off guard when they heard flight information using smooth Javanese.

'' Nuwun sewu, ladies soho mothers, Emirates flight EK tigo-gangsal-wolu dateng Jakarta sak meniko bade ..., '' so the announcement of flight EK 358 route Dubai-Jakarta at Dubai Airport - the busiest international airport in world.

Do you mean what? This is a fine Javanese language, which in Indonesian means 'excuse gentlemen and mothers, flight EK 358 to Jakarta today will be ....'

The reason the language is used, according to Emirates Divisional Vice President, Walter Riggans, to make it easier for passengers who do not understand English or Arabic during the process of boarding the plane.

"This is so that passengers at Dubai Airport who can not speak English or Arabic can feel comfortable. Together with the airport, we include 26 languages ​​in the system to be used at each departure gate, so that the supervisors on duty can choose the language according to the passengers who will fly.

"This really helps speed up the process of riding the plane, '' said Riggans told BBC Indonesia via email.

Emirates also stressed, that they use not just the Java language, but the Java language is smooth.
A number of passengers-who understood the Javanese language-in the waiting room who heard the announcement in Javanese, were content to laugh.

'' Shocked right, his boarding announcement in Java language. I was laughing with other Indonesians, "said Wahyu Pratomo, a Bandung resident who was on a Amsterdam-Jakarta flight and a three-hour transit in Dubai.

Whereas in the waiting room, said Wahyu, the Javanese are not the majority.

'' Some Indonesians, but it does not seem to be the majority of Javanese. Many Caucasians and Arabs too, '' he said. '' The German tourist sitting next to ask: What language is this? Good to the ear. '' At once, the video was uploaded to Instagram Story @ wahyupratomo and a YouTube account.
In the world, there are currently two airports that use Java language information announcements. In addition to Dubai International Airport, Adisutjipto Airport in Yogyakarta also enforced it from July 17 last.

The reason, to present the 'friendliness' of Yogyakarta and support the preservation of local culture.
A culture that is hard to describe

Although classified as the language that has the most speakers in Indonesia, reaching 90 millions of people, according to Chairman of Wikimedia Indonesia Biyanto Rebin, Java language and culture tend to be unkempt. His existence began to fade, he said.

'' The condition of Java language is somewhat of a concern. In the big cities people have changed the language, Javanese speakers even teach their children speak Indonesian. Their references are more to Indonesian, national culture, then foreign cultures. ''

Whereas according to Biyanto the original Salatiga, Java language 'contains elements of culture that can not be described with other languages'.

The Javanese, Biyanto pointed out, had a joke of 'retreat'. He explained, the resignation is a condition when the car back and hit something. '' It's hard to describe. Well, some of these cultural trinkets are usually well described in the original languages, their supporting culture. ''

I was so afraid Java language faded, said Biyanto, online encyclopedia Wikipedia do preservation library materials through Wikipedia Java language.

'' We accommodate the language used by Javanese, whether Malaysian Javanese, Surinamese, or others. All can donate.

"Until May, has translucent 50 thousand articles for Wikipedia Javanese, '' he said.

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