HOW TO PREVENT JAVANESE FROM LANGUAGE LOSS

Abstract

This paper is going to tell us about how to maintain language in order still exists in society. Language is going to exist if the people still use to communication each to others. Considering language is so important so we have to keep on the language itself. Javanese is unique language in Indonesia, it has varieties in using. They often called language levels or in Javanese called “undo usuk basa”, Javanese has three language levels, and they are “ngoko, krama alus and krama inggil”. Javanese always has to be used for the existence in the world generally and in Indonesia especially. By looking the situations recently, Javanese is so dolorous in using. Many people prefer to use Indonesian language or English to communication at home and surrounding although they are Javanese. If it happens in long times later so possible that Javanese will be a language loss. To prevent from bad possibility, so we have to maintain Javanese in order still alive. This paper is going to explain us how to maintain Javanese in society, there are several ways can be conducted to keep on Javanese in society. The ways are like conducting Javanese as a subject in school, creating language events, practicing Javanese at home and surrounding, and conducting activities which useful to maintain language. By conducting some ways are expected Javanese still exists in society and this country. They all aren’t going to be successful without consciousness from those societies.