Straight Outta Joglo: How The Javanese Linked With The Black Culture

The Javanese still regarded as one of the most diverse language in Asia, shared with Sundanese. But the tonal sounds shared their same phonology as African American Vernacular English and Southern American English.

In the 1960s, the Javanese people began linking to the African American culture, such as language, music, and lifestyle. Many musicians such as Louis Armstrong and James Brown was now regarded as the influence of Javanese popular music.

In 1998, the cultural rivalry between Javanese and Sundanese remained intact, the Javanese had showcasing the African American culture, such as tagging and hip-hop music. The popularity of hip-hop music in Indonesia during the 1990s led the eventual links of Javanese language with the African American Vernacular English. Generally, the Javanese language is often a tonal language, with many examples as joglo, the traditional Javanese house.

According to the linguists at UCLA, the Javanese had a strong hypothetical phonology to the African American English and Caribbean English, such as fella and nigga are shared their tones with the Javanese language. Words like bougie and ghetto are same tones as the Javanese language.

The slam poetry had became popular in Indonesia since the 1990s, during the change of government in Indonesia. The slam poetry had strongly influenced with the African American culture.