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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 Adjami, Sri Indiriyani Ahmad Badu Alwi Kakoe, Moh. Aminudin Ramly Ananda Dimas Tegela Asnanurulain Halalutu Ayu Hidayanti Ali Cindy Febriana Dakia N Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Dakia N. Djou Diana Ferjiniaa Kaluku Diyanti T. Niyode Eka Safitri Eka Sartika Elastri Bahutala Ellyana Hinta Elvira Nur Fathia Eraku, Sunarti Suly Fatmah AR Umar Fitrawati R. Usman Harto Malik Hasan, Andika Wahab Hasanuddin Hassanudin Fatsah Herman Didipu Herson Kadir Hikmah Nuratikah Idrus Idrus Ishak Y. Majid Isra Kaida Jafar Lantowa Kamana, Nurain Kasiaradja, Syahrina Kurniati Ladjambu Ladjulu, Slamet Lamusu, Sance A. Leoni Paputungan Liputo, Istiqamah I. Mamu, Apriliani S. Mar' Atun Tatro Moh. Karmin Baruadi Moh. Yusuf H. Ibrahim Munkizul Umam Kau Muslimin Muslimin Muslimin Muslimin Nasiru, La Ode Gusman Ne'u, Lusi Oktaviana NFN Zulkipli Nuramila Nuramila Nuramila, Nuramila Nuryati Setu Oki, Niranda Otoluwa, Yulinda Pahu, Ambarwati Puspita Dian Agustin Rabina Tane Rahman Taufiqrianto Dako Rahman, Nurfiska K. Rauf, Gebrila Patricia Salam Salam Salam Salam Salam, Salam Sarmila Bambang Sayama Malabar Siti Nurmila Sitti Rachmi Masie Sri Justevani Sri Rahmawati Pikoli Sri Sulistiawati Lalu Sri Ulfa Amelia Kai Sri Wahyunita Latonga Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Supriyadi Sutanti Ramli Sutriyanti Yusuf Syamsuddin Syamsuddin Tambulango, Gamaria Tangahu, Sri Yolanda Tobelo, Nur Afni Tri Salma T. Senduk Trywidarti S Magu Ulfa Zakaria Ulfa Zakaria Wafik Ativa Windriyanti Nupulo Yelin Yasin Zain, Indah Zilfa Achmad Bagtayan