Activating Minority Languages in Sulawesi Through Revitalization

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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_81How to use a DOI?

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Konjo; Language revitalization; Local language preservation; Tolitoli

ABSTRACT

The paper reports language revitalization efforts conducted in Central Sulawesi and South Sulawesi. The languages that were attempted to be revitalized are Tolitoli language of Central Sulawesi and Konjo Language of South Sulawesi. The two languages are decreasing in their use in the everyday use domain. The revitalization effort of the Tolitoli or Totoli language, which was conducted in Nalu Village, Tolitoli Regency, Central Sulawesi, made use of rhymes, songs, and local folk tales to be performed at the Village Hall for all the residents to watch. Meanwhile, the revitalization effort of the Konjo language in Tamatto Village, Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi, was made through songs making in Konjo language. Some of the songs made were later uploaded and shared to the latest video or music sharing media as part of the use of information technology. Participants of this revitalization were the young generation as the native language speakers. This revitalization effort took place for about eight months which includes the preparation, selection of teachers and participants, training, and the evaluation in the form of performances or recordings. The results of the revitalization effort in the form of digital recordings and performances in front of local speakers serve as a trigger for the community to increase their native language use in everyday life. In addition, the local languages were also used as the language of publication in various existing information media to make the local languages can be known more widely.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Santy Yulianti
AU  - Purwaningsih
AU  - Siti Fatina
AU  - Satwiko Budiono
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Activating Minority Languages in Sulawesi Through Revitalization
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 517
EP  - 523
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_81
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_81
ID  - Yulianti2022
ER  -