Write and Oral Culture Developments in Indonesia

  Writing, is one way to tell something to someone other than the speech. Culture is a culture of new writing, which becomes a separator between the prehistoric era of history. At first, these writings are still in the form of symbols drawn in any place, like the cave wall. Writing a more advanced culture introduced by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, who are already using systematic symbols to say something. The article known as Hieroglyphics. Since that era of history began.Meanwhile, the culture of writing from other regions also experiencing growth, such as in Southeast Asia, with its parent Dewanagari language of India. Slowly the culture of this paper had been developed in accordance with their respective regions, although derived from a common parent. In the first century, when the oldest kingdom in Indonesia stands, then the kingdom is the kingdom of Kutai and Salakanagara Tarumanagara, the kingdoms of the use of written culture and oral culture of the same. From the inscriptions are relics of the three kingdoms still use the Sanskrit language and script Pallawa. Written and oral culture of the same culture is also used by the Kingdom of Srivijaya in Sumatra, which is separated from Java Island.Later developments taking place with the eruption of Mount Merapi forced past the Ancient Mataram Kingdom central government moved from Central Java to East Java. At that time there was division, which some people moved to East Java, and others moved to West Java. While language development Dewanagari outside Indonesia may also experience changes.In East Java alone and then sprung the powerful kingdom in turn.However, one of the most influential is Majapahit, who are already using the script Kawi Kawi language, with the emergence of various Kakawin (kawi: literature, literary scholar: narrators). Examples of the use of cultural kakawin write this is the work of MPU Prapanca Kakawin Negarakertagama, the golden era of Majapahit. Besides the language and script Kawi Kawi, the ancient Javanese language also appears (the remnants of the ancient Javanese language can be found in the Banyumas and surrounding areas, or areas that use patois Ngapak).Then lower the likelihood Kawi language of Java language used by the people of Yogyakarta and Solo (Java language has about six different dialects), because the Java language accent Yogya-Solo is a relatively smooth Java language, Java language is different from other dialects.Java script itself had been developed. Characters that the story is the creation of a king named Ajisaka it has developed to form known today. There are also developments in other areas such as the Sunda and Bali, which has a shape similar to Java script.Perhaps this is due to geographical factors.While the form of writing a very different culture can be seen in Lampung and Bengkulu Kaganga with his character. Despite having the same name, the two characters in each of these areas have differences. Differences exist in the form of sound words and some different.There are many other characters-characters who are scattered in the archipelago. Nusantara Indonesia not only when referring to the Palapa Oath. Many similarities between cultures in this archipelago.This was likely due to culture are from a culture that evolved in accordance with their respective areas. But one thing, that the region has a cultural as well as oral and written culture of the majority located in the east, and that means more developed than the eastern culture with western culture. There was no script UK or American characters, which have Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Kanji, and so forth.