ATTITUDES IN USING JAVA AND NGAPAK DIALECT ON CAMPUS

Abstract

The dialect variation in Javanese language exist naturally. The use of Javanese Dialect on each area represented its lingua franca. There are two kinds of major dialect used by the Javanese native speaker in Central Java: Java and Ngapak Dialect. Semarang is the capital city of Central Java Province which has heterogeneous population. As the capital city that have numerous university, dialect diferentiation of the students as the native speaker of Java and Ngapak dialects are interesting things to investigate. The acculturation possibility that happened taken as the research point of view.The descriptive research aim is to investigate the present atitudes of students in Semarang especially in using Javanese dialect on daily conversation at campus.The research indicate that the students still be aware of using their Java and Ngapak dialect as their lingua franca, moreover the students also proud of their dialect. The students attitudes of diversity on the daily life clearly showed by their social interaction of difference Javanese dialect, from Ngapak to Java, and Java to Ngapak.