Bantenese

ethnic group
group=Bantenese
"Orang Banten"


Bantenese before the establieshment of Banten Sultanate.
poptime=4.1 million (2000 census) [cite book
last =
first =
publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
title =Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape
date =
year =2003
url =
accessdate = ]
popplace=Banten
langs=Sundanese, Indonesian
rels=Islam
related=

The Bantenese are people living in former Sultanate of Banten. In his book "The Sultanate of Banten", Guillot Claude writes on page 35: “These estates, owned by the Bantenese of Chinese origin, were concentrated around the village of Kelapadua.” [cite book
last = Guillot
first = Claude
publisher= Gramedia Book Publishing Division, Jakarta
title ="The Sultanate of Banten"
date =
year =1990
url =
accessdate = ] Thus it is clear that people living in Banten, including chinese, were called Bantenese. Bantenese is not ethnic group. Most of Bantenese are good Muslim.

Language used by Bantenese

The most dominant language is Sundanese [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_map.asp?name=IDJ&seq=20 Language maps of Indonesia (Java and Bali) ] ] [ [http://www.ecai.org/austronesiaweb/AustronesiaASP/PacificMapLeaf.asp?mapleafid=L039 ECAI - Pacific Language Mapping ] ] . The indigenous people living in Banten Province speak a Sundanese dialect derived from archaic Sundanese language. The dialect is classified as informal or harsh layer in modern Sundanese language, having different layers as Javanese language. [cite book
last = Purwo
first = Bambang K.
publisher=
title ="Factors influencing comparison of Sundanese, Javanese, Madurese, and Balinese."
date =
year =1993
url =
accessdate = ]

Due to the influence of the Javanese culture during the reign of the Islamic Mataram kingdom, the Sundanese language - especially in the Parahyangan area - have different layers starting from the most formal, or "halus" version, to the everyday "loma/lancaran" version and the informal or harsh version. Historically, Mataram Sulatanate tried to take control over Java island, including Banten territory covering the whole West Java region. But the Sultanate of Banten could defend its territory except Parahyangan area. In the mountainous regions and most of present-day Banten, the loma version of Sundanese language is the most dominant. By contrast, this version is considered "harsh" by people from Parahyangan.

However, in small cities of Serang and Cilegon, Banten Province, Banyumasan dialect of the Javanese language is also used by Javanese ethnic group. [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_map.asp?name=IDJ&seq=20 Language maps of Indonesia (Java and Bali) ] ] [ [http://www.ecai.org/austronesiaweb/AustronesiaASP/PacificMapLeaf.asp?mapleafid=L039 ECAI - Pacific Language Mapping ] ] . And, in Northern part of Tangerang, Indonesian language with Betawi dialect is also used by Betawi imigrants. Besides Sundanese, Javanese and Betawi dialect, Indonesian language is also widely spoken especially by other ethnic imigrants from other parts of Indonesia especially in urban centers.

ee also

*Banten
*Banten Sultanate

References