LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OF INTER-ETHNIC MARRIAGE PAKPAKNESE PEOPLE TOWARDS THEIR ETHNIC LANGUAGE

This study deals with language attitude of inter-ethnic marriage Pakpaknese people towards their ethnic language. It aims to find out the attitude of inter-ethnic marriage Pakpaknese people towards their ethnic language in Sumbul Pegagan. The data were collected from the inter-ethnic marriage Pakpaknese people living in Sumbul Pegagan. The study employs qualitative research design with some informants deal with the need of this research to get the understanding on this study. The subjects of this study were 16 couples of Pakpak people having inter-ethnic marriage and the subjects were classified based on the background of the couple for collecting the data. The instruments used for collecting data were questionnaire sheet, observation sheet, and recording. The data of this study were questionnaire sheet and recorded observation. The data from questionnaire sheet were used to examine the language attitude and the factor and reason causing the attitude the way it is. The data was analyzed through Miles and Huberman’ technique. The findings show that there are 9 (56, 25 %) have the negative attitude and 7 (43. 75 %) have the positive attitude. The factors which influence the negative attitude are; bilingualism, social factor and demographic factor. The analysis of the data indicates that the dominantly spoken language spoken by dominant people and their couple language affect the negative attitude of inter-ethnic marriage Pakpak people which cause them having the less frequency to use their own ethnic language in daily life communication.