Meaning of Jawakarta | Babel Free

Definisi

1. style of speech marked by code-mixing between Javanese and Jakarta Indonesian
   colloquial
2. the state or the government of Indonesia, when perceived as Java-centric and Jakarta-centric
   Internet, derogatory

Contoh

“jika di jakarta sangat banyak aksen #jawakarta, di inggris banyak sekali aksen #singlish […]”

if in jakarta there are a lot of (those speaking) #jawakarta accent, in england there are a lot of (those speaking) #singlish accent […]

“Di tempat saya kuliah, Universitas Brawijaya (UB) di Malang, Jawa Timur, khususnya di lingkungan sosial humaniora, Jawakarta adalah hal biasa. Saking masifnya penggunaan Jawakarta, teman-teman saya sampai berseloroh “Kampus kita serasa di Jakarta, ya.””

At the college I went to, Brawijaya University (UB) in Malang, East Java, especially within the department of social sciences and humanities, (speaking in) Jawakarta was a common thing. So massive was the use of Jawakarta, to the point that my friends joked, “It feels as if our campus were in Jakarta.”

“Tidak seperti film beraroma "Jawakarta" lain, bukan cuma tokoh utamanya yang kacau dalam berbahasa, jajaran pemeran pendukungnya pun demikian. Kenapa filmnya enggan memilih orang Jawa tulen guna memerankan karakter pendukung yang notabene tak memberi dampak finansial berarti?”

Unlike other "Jawakarta"-flavored movies, it's not only the main characters who spoke erroneously, the supporting casts did as well. Why did the movie refrain from selecting native Javanese (speakers) to act as supporting characters when it would not even matter financially?

“Kalau duit triliunan itu berguna, nggak mungkin di Papua banyak orang kelaparan. Jawakarta selalu memandang Papua hanya soal duit, soal apa yang sudah dikeruk dll, bukan soal harga diri sebagai sesama manusia yang mesti dihormati dan dijunjung tinggi.”

If those trillions (rupiah) of money were spent well, Papua would not have so many people suffering from hunger. Java-centric and Jakarta-centric Indonesia has always seen Papua in monetary terms, in terms of what has been exploited etc, rather than in terms of providing dignity for fellow humans that must be respected and held high.

“Kasian juga ya orang-orang Jawakarta... Dikhianati nasi kuning abal-abal sampe zonk lalu menggeneralisasi nasi kuning as a mid Indonesian dish...”

How pitiful are these Java-centric and Jakarta-centric Indonesian people... Got betrayed by nasi kuning knockoffs till they bummed out then generalizing nasi kuning as a mid Indonesian dish...

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