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Sitoto, Simon
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THE EFFORTS OF MAINTAINING TORAJAN LANGUAGE AS A MOTHER TONGUE OF TORAJAN PEOPLE FROM THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION: A PRELIMINARY STUDY Patiung, Naomi; Sitoto, Simon
Linguistik, Terjemahan, Sastra (LINGTERSA) Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): LINGTERSA
Publisher : TALENTA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (406.52 KB) | DOI: 10.32734/lingtersa.v2i1.6117

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This research aims to describe some efforts to maintain Toraja language as the mother language of Torajan people from the threat of extinction. This paper used a qualitative descriptive study. As it is conceptual writing of a preliminary study, this paper only presents some examples of the two varieties of Torajan language used in society. It proposes some suggested efforts on how to anticipate the extinction of the language concerned in the future. The results indicate some very important suggested efforts to maintain the two varieties (ordinary language and ritual language as used in both thanksgiving ceremony called Rambu Tuka' and death ceremony called Rambu Solo') of Torajan language that requires attention from different parties. As a part of Torajan culture, Torajan language in various uses contains values and norms as the local wisdom. Therefore, various parties should involve in its maintenance, such as governmental institutions, educational institutions, social institutions, and religious institutions in doing research, providing various written documentations, and socializing or disseminating them among the community in general and the schools at all levels in particular for continuous consumption.
Cultural Assimilation of Indonesia-Malaysia in Arena Wati’s Novel Cakra Waruga Badaruddin, Muhammad Syafri; Sitoto, Simon; Hasyim, Husain
Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature Vol 21, No 1: June 2021, Nationally Accredited
Publisher : Soegijapranata Catholic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24167/celt.v21i2.3274

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Through the novel with Malaysian background, Arena Wati includes socio-cultural aspects of Bugis-Makassar and Javanese in social interaction of Malaysian community. The aim of the study is to compare cultural assimilation between Indonesia and Malaysia in Arena Wati’s novel, Cakra Waruga.  The writing applied multidisciplinary approach which emphasizes the disciplines, such as literature, culture, history and sociology. The analysis of this writing used multidisciplinary approach, which includes intrinsic and extrinsic elements. The study indicates that the occurrence of cultural assimilation between Indonesia and Malaysia was possible due to many Bugis and Makassar people who came and settled in Malaysia. This is due to the existence between the two countries despite their differences but they belong to the same family that is Malay.
Co-Authors Hasyim, Husain Marewa, Yeheschiel B. Muhammad Badaruddin Patiung, Naomi Waangsir, Agussalim