Af’idatul Husniyah, Afida, Yulianto, Yulianto and Millatuz Zakiyah, Milla (2026) Pegon as vernacular heritage literacy: A qualitative study in East Java Pesantren. Pegon as vernacular heritage literacy: a qualitative study in East Java Pesantren. ISSN Print ISSN (Versi Cetak): 0143-4632Online ISSN (Versi Elektronik/Daring): 1747-7557
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study examines the Pegon script as a vernacular writing system and
heritage literacy practice in Islamic pesantren in East Java, Indonesia.
Pegon – an adaptation of Arabic script used for Javanese, Sundanese,
and Madurese – has long been written as diagonal annotations
alongside Arabic source texts and has supported the study of core
Islamic disciplines since at least the seventeenth century. While prior
research has approached Pegon historically, philologically, linguistically,
and culturally, fewer studies have investigated how it is practiced and
valued in everyday pesantren life. Drawing on a heritage literacy
framework, we conducted a qualitative study using unstructured
interviews with eleven participants, informal conversations, and
ethnographically informed field observations with three participants
across several pesantren. The findings show that Pegon functions as an
interpretive and pedagogical scaffold for reading kitab kuning, enabling
precise, word-by-word engagement with classical Arabic texts. At the
same time, Pegon mediates Islamic learning through Javanese linguistic
resources, transmitting local cultural knowledge, etiquette, and
worldview. Pegon is sustained through intergenerational pedagogies
and serves as a marker of pesantren identity and scholarly legitimacy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | KEYWORDSPegon; heritage literacy;Pesantren; Kitab kuning;Vernacular script |
| Subjects: | 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) > 20040599 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) not elsewhere classified 22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 2204 Religion and Religious Studies > 220405 Religion and Society |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Technology > Department of Architecture |
| Depositing User: | M.Pd.I Yulianto Yahdi |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2026 15:06 |
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