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Forms of the Bajo language register in the coastal community of Bajo Village, Tilamuta District Sayama Malabar; Asna Ntelu; Dakia N. Djou; Jafar Lantowa
BAHASTRA Vol. 46 No. 1 (2026): BAHASTRA
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

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This study examines the forms of language registers in the Bajo language as used by the coastal community of Bajo Village, Tilamuta District. While previous studies have primarily focused on language attitudes and contact phenomena, this research addresses a critical gap by analyzing how registers operate as domain-specific systems of meaning that organize knowledge, social roles, and everyday practices. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, data were collected through observation and elicitation of naturally occurring utterances across three key domains: fishing, trade, and education. The findings reveal that Bajo registers extend beyond lexical variation and function as structured semiotic systems embedded in social life. In the fishing domain, registers encode ecological knowledge, procedural labor, and maritime cognition through stable lexical items and morphologically marked verbs. In the trading domain, registers construct economic roles, transactional processes, and material classifications, reflecting both market-based and reciprocal forms of exchange. In the educational domain, registers emerge within a context of institutional bilingualism, where Bajo mediates the transmission of formal knowledge, supports classroom interaction, and localizes educational practices. This study argues that Bajo registers function simultaneously as communicative tools, cognitive frameworks, and cultural archives. Their continued use across multiple domains demonstrates that linguistic vitality is sustained not only through attitudes but through the functional integration of language in economic and institutional practices. By foregrounding the epistemic and social dimensions of register, this study contributes to sociolinguistic scholarship on language maintenance in multilingual coastal communities.
Co-Authors Adelina Djauhari Adjami, Sri Indiriyani Alaydrus, Siti Hadija Ali, Ayu Hidayanti Ananda Amelia Lihawa Andri Kurniawan Andri Kurniawan Anggi Anggriani Eksan Asna Ntelu Asna Nteluasn Avriliawati A. Nihali Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Desrika Talib Divany Nurcholifah Ekasaputri Bami Diyanti T. Niyode Eka Sartika Ellyana Hinta Fachry Abda El Rahman Fahria Malabar Febrianca Toloy Febriyanto Ngabito G. Ina, Finriani Hamzah, Grasela Salsabillah Harto Malik Herman Didipu Herman Didipu Herson Kadir Hian Hilimi Husna Imro'athush Sholihah Ibmasiah Wardatun Islamiyah Isra Kaida Jafar Lantowa Karmila Machmud Kasiaradja, Syahrina Ladjulu, Slamet Lady Yunita Djei Lukman A. R. Laliyo Luvita Ali Mangilo, Nurhalima Meriyanti Lakoro Minti, Winda Kusmadanti N. Moh. Karmin Baruadi Mohamad Zubaidi Mu'jizat MUSLIMIN Muslimin Muslimin Muslimin Muslimin Mu’jizat Mu’jizat Nasima Taha Nasiru, La Ode Gusman Ningrum, Sapna Adilia Novita Bangi Nur Aisa Hatibi Nur Aliyatun Mardha Salam Nur Ameliya Hasan Nurain Nggilu Nuramila, Nuramila Nurfadilah Darise Nurfadillah Ahamad Nursan, Fatmawaty A Nurwafiq Azizah Pou, Liska D. Prasasri Ibrahim Prasetia, Udin Pulukadang, Wiwy T. Puspita Dian Agustin Puspita Dian Agustin Puspita Dian Agustina Putra, Rizky Anugrah Rahman, Fitriyani Rahmatan Idul Rasuna Talib Regina R K Matika Robbiyana Lasomba Safar, Mohamad Bahrul Ulum Salam Salam Salam, Salam Sandi S Nani Sitti Rachmi Masie Sri Agriyanti Mestari Sri Rumiyatiningsih Luwiti Sri Ulfa Amelia Kai Sri Widyarti Ali Suharty Suiharty Suparni suparni Susanty, Lela Sutiantira Rezky Kobandaha Sutriyanti Yusuf Syafira Fitri Dahlan Syamsuddin Syamsuddin Taha, Nasim Tanio, Nur Fardani Umi Salamah Vinkan Pramesti Y. Tilome Wa Ode Irawati Zilfa A Bagtayan Zilfa Achmad Bagtayan Zulkifli Wolionelo Zulkipli Zulkipli