Antropologi Indonesia
Abstract
This article focuses on language practices of Puor and Lamalera people in Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia whenever they interact with each other in barter market. Both of them have different linguistic forms of vocabularies and dialects. Even though they have different languages, interestingly, they do not use Indonesian language as a lingua franca; they prefer to use their local languages in barter market. The limitation of their linguistic competence in Indonesian language as well as their perception of Indonesian language as a formal language, justifies their preference to local languages. They do not use Indonesian as their lingua franca because they are using another lingua franca that is well-known as a local language in verbal acts combined with pointing gestures. There are linguistic repertoire that is shared among Puor and Lamalera people to transmit messages between them. In order to understand it, in this article, language is not understood as a system of sound, but as a social practice.
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Recommended Citation
Bella, Dea Rifia
(2018)
"Bahasa Indonesia dalam Konteks: Lingua Franca di Pasar Barter oleh Orang Puor dan Lamalera di Lembata, Nusa Tenggara Timur,"
Antropologi Indonesia: Vol. 39:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
DOI: 10.7454/ai.v39i1.9663
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https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/jai/vol39/iss1/3
