BAHASA HAMAP DALAM MASYARAKAT MULTILINGUAL DI ALOR DAN UPAYA PELESTARIANNYA
ABSTRACT: This study talks
about multilingual communities in the eastern parts of Indonesia, particularly
in Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. It focuses on Hamap community and
its language in the present actual condition in relation to the language
existence in Alor which has multi-ethnic with different languages, specifically
in Moru, Alor Barat Daya District. At present, the community is surrounded by
some other ethnic groups that have their own languages such as Kui, Abui, and
Kelon. In addition, the usage of Hamap language is pressed by Alor Malay as
lingua franca in the region. It shows that the language is in a certain degree
of extinction process called “potentially endangered language”. These are
caused by its minority and the language shift which has occurred in the
language community of Hamap, especially in the daily life of its young
generation. Nowadays, they would rather speak in Alor Malay than in their own
ethnic language. Therefore, all attempts both formal and informal have to be
done and supported in order to avoid the language from extinction.
Penulis: Fanny Henry Tondo
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd070027
