ENGGANO MINORITY LANGUAGE ON THE BORDER AREA OF THE UNITARY STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

CONTACTS AND SYMPTOMS OF LANGUAGE EXTINCTION ON ENGGANO ISLAND, BENGKULU INDONESIA

Authors

  • Fanny Henry Tondo Pusat Riset Masyarakat & Budaya - BRIN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55981/jmb.2023.1849

Keywords:

Language Minority, Enggano, Bengkulu, Language Contact, Language Extinction

Abstract

Enggano is an outermost island facing the west coast of Sumatra Island, precisely located in Bengkulu
Province. On this island, you can find the Enggano language and other languages spoken by various ethnic
immigrants such as Javanese, Malay, Padang, Batak, and Bugis. The Enggano language itself is spoken in several
villages such as Meok, Apoho, Malakoni, Kaana, Khayapu, and Banjarsari villages. The strong use of the language
can be observed in the villages of Meok, Apoho, and Malakoni, while in the last three villages it has begun to
erode due to interaction with ethnic immigrants. This qualitative research was conducted on Enggano Island,
Bengkulu, as part of the 2015 LIPI expedition called the Widya Nusantara Expedition (EWIN) which involved
various disciplines, both natural and social sciences. In collecting data, observation and in-depth interviews were
used to determine the linguistic situation, especially language contact and the symptoms of language extinction.
This study shows that language contact between the Enggano people who speak Enggano and the immigrants with
their respective languages is very strong in the villages of Banjarsari, Kaana, and Khayapu, causing symptoms
of language extinction. Meanwhile, the Enggano language in the villages of Meok, Apoho, and Malakoni is still
quite able to survive because the population is homogeneous with Enggano people and has not been mixed with
immigrants much.

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Published

2023-06-23

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2023): Jurnal Masyarakat dan Budaya

Section

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Copyright (c) 2023 Fanny Henry Tondo

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