The Maintenance of Mandailing Language in Kecamatan Torgamba

This study observed Mandailing Language
Maintenance in Desa Pangarungan Kecamatan Torgamba. The
main objective of the study were to answer the research problem
under study, that is (1) to explain the ways how Mandailing
people maintain mandailing language in Desa Pangarungan
Kecamatan Torgamba. The method of this study was descriptive
qualitative research. The participants were sixteen Mandailing
people who live in Desa Pangarungan Kecamatan Torgamba.
The data were taken from the interview and questionnaire.
Specifically, the ways in maintaining Mandailing language in
93% by seeing the result of interview, language use in family is
mostly dominated in this study, neighborhood in 62%, religion
in 37%, workplace in 62%, homeland visits in 50%, and
following the culture in 87%, see each other frequently in 50%
and education in 12%. In detail, language use in family is
dominated and it has the big role in maintaining Mandailing
language in this study.