Tansi language
| Tansi | |
|---|---|
| Tansi Creole | |
| Bahasa Tansi | |
| Native to | West Sumatra (Sawahlunto) |
| Region | Indonesia |
| Ethnicity | Tansi people |
Native speakers | few native speakers left |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Tansi language (Bahasa Tansi), also known as Tansi Creole, is a creole or mixed language spoken by a community known as the Tansi people, in Sawahlunto, a former mining town previously under Dutch colonial rule.[1][2] The Tansi people developed through the use of forced labour from a range of ethnic communities, of which Javanese prisoners were the majority.[1] The community's name comes from the word tansi meaning 'barracks where the labourers lived'.[1]
History
Input languages
Tansi language began as a polygenetic pidgin language, combining the languages of Minangkabau, Javanese, Chinese, Madurese, Sundanese, Balinese, Buginese, and Batak, with basic Malay and Dutch.[3][4]
Artistic practices
The Tansi people have developed a performance practice called Tonel, which relies heavily on the Tansi language.[1] Tonel performances incorporate "mimicry and mockery; hybridization; and parody and satire".[1][5] In the Tonel performances, women reclaimed their identities by acting as main characters in significant roles rather than being used in the colonial period as objects of desire.[1] Within the performances, speakers of the Tansi language illustrate both practices of decreolization towards the source languages of Minangkabau and Javanese, and recreolization illustrating Tansi people solidarity.[1]
Recognition
The mining city where the Tansi language originated, Ombilin Coal Mine, was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.[1] The language itself was also recognized by UNESCO as part of the region's intangible cultural heritage.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Pramayoza, Dede; Yuliza, Fresti (2023-07-03). "Recreolization as Decolonial Dramaturgy: Tansi Language in Tonel Performance, Sawahlunto City". eTropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics. 22 (1): 53–78. doi:10.25120/etropic.22.1.2023.3967. ISSN 1448-2940.
- ^ Syafril, Elsa Putri Ermisah (2011). Menggali Bara, Menemu Bahasa: Bahasa Tansi – Bahasa Kreol Buruh dari Sawahlunto [Digging Coal: Discovering Language: Tansi Language – Labor Creole From Sawahlunto] (in Indonesian). Sawahlunto: Pemerintah Kota Sawahlunto. ISBN 978-602-95957-1-0.
- ^ Syafril, Elsa Putri Ermisah (February 2010). Buku Kamus Bahasa Tansi Sawahlunto [Tansi Sawahlunto Language Dictionary Book] (in Indonesian) (2nd ed.). Pemerintah Kota Sawahlunto. p. 1. ISBN 978-602-95957-0-3.
- ^ a b Fitri, Titi; Arifah, Bilqis; Dehham, Sabeeha Hamza (2024-04-30). "Tansi Creole Language: Identity and Communication in Sawahlunto Society". KREDO: Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa dan Sastra. 7 (2): 324–334. doi:10.24176/kredo.v7i2.12280. ISSN 2599-316X.
- ^ Pramayoza, Dede (2016-06-14). "Tonel: Teaterikalitas Pascakolonial Masyarakat Tansi Sawahlunto". Jurnal Kajian Seni (in Indonesian). 1 (2): 114–129. doi:10.22146/art.11636. ISSN 2356-3001.
Further reading
- Syafril, E.P.E. (2010). Kamus Bahasa Tansi Sawahlunto (in Indonesian). Sawahlunto: Pemerintah Kota Sawahlunto.