Languange Shift and Language Maintenance of Local Languages toward Indonesian

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the tendency of daily language use by Indonesians and the preference of the use of local languages or Indonesian in everyday life.This is to know whether there is language shift and maintenance of local languages toward Indonesian.The participants were 201 respondents from several provinces in Indonesia (almost every province in Indonesia was represented).The method used in this study was descriptive quantitative.Data collection technique was the survey questionnaire.The result from this study revealed that Indonesians have positive attitude toward the use of local languages they have.The data gained showed that the majority of respondents prefer using local language to Indonesian in the family and neighborhood domains, the places where they spend almost all their time in.Yet, Indonesian is often used in the educational and general places due to the demand and the effectiveness of communication.Importantly, the finding from this study demonstrates that Local languages have not been shifted yet because they are still frequently used in the family and neighborhood area.In other words, local languages are not shifted, yet maintained though in educational and general places are in the contrary.This phenomenon includes in one effort to preserve the local languages that Indonesia has to the next generation.

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