Talking Yogyakarta, Yogya, Jogjakarta, or Jogja

Many people call Yogyakarta with different names. Older people called Ngayogyakarta, the people of East Java and Central Java called Yogja or Yojo. Referred to in the slogan Jogja Jogja Never Ending Asia. Later came the new term, namely Djokdja. Glance is confusing, but pointed to the same region. Then, how can the story until the name of this town can be so varied?

There are at least 3 can be described developments. Ngayogyakarta name certainly came in 1755, when the title of Prince Mangkubumi Sultan Hamengkubuwono I founded the Palace Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. Kraton is standing in the Bering Alas it is being done Giyanti Agreement with Pakubuwono III of Surakarta.

It was not clear when starting up the naming of Yogyakarta, is up for execution of Ngayogyakarta name or other reasons. However, the name officially Yogyakarta has been used since the independence of Indonesia. As the capital of Indonesia in 1949, the city is also the title of this student town was called Yogyakarta. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Yogyakarta also uses the name when announcing that the kingdom is part of the Republic of Indonesia.

Various naming came later, as Yogja, Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta and Yogyakarta. It could be said that the variations that arise due to the name pronunciation vary between people from various regions in Indonesia. Uniquely, almost anyone can understand the place designated although the pronunciation is different ways.

Because of business interests, the name of Jogja then strengthened and slogans used in Jogja Never Ending Asia. The slogan was created to build the image of Yogyakarta as a tourism city rich in natural and cultural charm. Reason selected 'Jogja' is because the (assumed) more easily pronounced by many people, including foreign tourists. Institutions could also replace Yogyakarta Jogjakarta.

With a variety of pronunciation and how writing can be said of Yogyakarta is the most area have a variety of names. Jakarta only has one (Jayakarta), while the Balinese do not have it at all. Other tourist town in the world such as Bangkok, Singapore, Cartagena, Venice did not even have heard variations of names. Metropolitan cities like New York, Los Angeles, and London did not have.

Now you no longer need to be confused if there happens to people who write the city of Yogyakarta as the way he pronounced. If you find out about the ins and outs of this town on the internet, the name of Yogyakarta is the most appropriate because the most common name used in written language. Alternatively, you can use the name of Yogyakarta, the second name most frequently used.

Source: Yunanto Wiji Utomo