PEMERTAHANAN BAHASA VS PERUBAHAN BAHASA PADA CAKAP KARO DI TANAH KARO, SUMATERA UTARA

Abstract

Language change may happen to any language which faces diglosic situation where the influencing language is considered more prestigious and valuable. This study looks at the phenomena of ethnic language change among Karonese people in linguistic area of phonology, lexicon and semantic. On the other hand, this research also finds out possibilities of language maintaining toward Karonese language through the etnolinguistics outlook. In Karonese language the change occurs as result of contact with Indonesian as standardized language H for the sake of giving ‘soften’ characteristic toward L language, equality of social status and economic value. Despite of those changes occur in Karonese language as L, language maintaining of this ethnic language is also possible using the cultural point of view in the field of knowledge system, social organization system, life supporting equipment and technology, religion system, livelihood system and art which strongly bound the community of Karonese people.