THE MAINTAINING EFFORTS OF PALEMBANG ALUS LANGUAGE; BEBASO

Abstract

Language is an integral part of a culture. Palembang has two kinds of language sari-sari or Pasaran language and language alus: Bebaso. Currently, the people of Palembang tend to use everyday language with the dialect of using 'O' like what to be apo and why to be ngapo. The purpose of this article is to create an understanding to the public about the origin of the Palembang language Bebaso. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Interviews and library studies were used as data collection techniques. The data is described in a way that conclusions can be drawn. The results of this study are (1) Palembang Alus  Language: Bebaso cannot be separated from the influence of the island of Java, because after the collapse of the Demak kingdom, the Demak nobility returned to Palembang following the Aria Damar or Aria Dilla Sultanates. The Palembang Sultanate was formed so that the use of the Javanese language became the official language of the sultanate so that there was a culture of Javanese and Malay languages that formed a new language, namely the Palembang alus language or Bebaso (2) Bebaso was still often used in 1970-1980 and  the people of Palembang rarely used it in 2000 (3) There have been attempts to maintance  Palembang Alus Bebaso such as the existence of  puppet show, the creation of accompaniment to the Sondok Piyogo dance from the Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam, the existence of folk songs such as Cek Ayu and Bendel Hakiki, the existence of research proposed the use of Bebaso as local content, the creation of a Bebaso dictionary and the creation of interactive illustrated books about Bebaso: Palembang Alus Language for children and the Bebaso  as local language community in Palembang.