BUGIS LANGUAGE: VITALITY AND REVITALIZATION IN BALIKPAPAN

Abstract

This research was conducted in Mekar Sari Village, Balikpapan Tengah District,  Balikpapan City, East Borneo. The purpose of this study was to determine and map the vitality level of the Bugis language in Mekar Sari Village and to analyse efforts to revitalize the Bugis language in Mekar Sari Village. Bugis language is one of the most used languages in Balikpapan, because there are many immigrants from other island living in Balikpapan. This research use geososiolinguistic’s approach. The data was collected through interviews with 21 informants who were divided into groups of children, young, and adults, observation, and document analysis. Data analysis using domain analysis, taxonomy, componential and cultural themes. It was found that the vitality level of the Bugis  language in the Mekar Sari Village, Central Balikpapan was at a severely  endangered level, which means that the Bugis speakers in the Mekar Sari Village  consisted of the adult age group and were found only in a few domains. Based on the regional distribution, it was found that the majority of the Bugis language was spread in neighbourhood association 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14 and 27. The revitalization efforts found were in non-formal forms for the young and adult category, in the form of community associations. In the children category, revitalization efforts were found in games.