¹Erni Hastuti, ²Regina Fristy Amelia, ³ Teddy Oswari

^1,2English Department, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Gunadarma, Indonesia
³Management Department, Faculty of Economic, Universitas Gunadarma, Indonesia

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i12-03

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ABSTRACT

Language maintenance is an effort to ensure that a language continues to be used and preserved, especially as the identity of a community group. This research aims to find out the factors of Batak language maintenance in Bekasi. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this research are Bataknese teenagers who live in Bekasi Indonesia. The techniques used by researchers in the data collection process are observation and questionnaires. The result shows that the factors support the use of Batak language among Bataknese teenagers consist of the positive attitudes of the teenagers toward Batak language in which they still maintain the Batak language. In family, Bataknese teenagers still use Batak language to communicate with their family members. Homeland contact factor in which Bataknese teenagers has a really strong ties with each other and it is very often for Bataknese teenagers to gather up in a cultural event and most of the time, their extended family members would come from a far just to attend the event.

KEYWORDS:

Batak language, language maintenance, positive attitudes

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