THE LANGUAGE SITUATION IN PANGANDARAN VILLAGE

Abstract

This research is a preliminary study. It describes the language situation in Pangandaran village based on five domains which are family, education, government, religion, and employment/trade. The result of the research shows that the people in Pangandaran village are a multilingual society with two dominant ethnics that are Sundanese and Javanese. The languages used are Sundanese, Javanese, Indonesian, & English. The community seems to still maintain their vernacular languages (Sundanese & Javanese). They are especially used in family and to show solidarity. Furthermore, religion domain still uses their majority vernacular language, Sundanese. Indonesian is used in formal situation such as education and trade. Pangandaran village is a tourist area, so Indonesian and English are mostly used to talk with strangers.