A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Multilingualism in Indonesian Context

Abstract

The goal of this research investigation is to discover the type of languages in Indonesia, and Indonesian attitudes toward language. The research design of this study was descriptive qualitative research. The participants of this study were twenty native Indonesian, 9 females and 11 males from several different ethnicities, provinces and regions across Indonesia including four big islands such Java Island, Bali island, Kalimantan or Borneo and Sumatra Island. There are seven Ethnics or Suku in Indonesia that we managed to retrieve the data for this research such; Jawa, Osing, Sunda, Betawi, Bali, Minang and Banjar. The research instrument utilized in this study was a Google Form online questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 6 components. The first segment, which had 6 questions, dealt with personal background perspectives. The second section, which had 4 questions, dealt with the educational background. The third section, which consisted of 8 questions, dealt with dialect/language knowledge among participants. The fourth section, which consisted of 11 questions, addressed language use in relation to context and persons. The fifth section, which had ten questions, dealt with attitudes over language. The sixth segment, which had 3 questions, addressed additional technology-related issues. In overall, the investigator has 42 questions online.