LANGUAGE ATTITUDES, SHIFT, MAINTENANCE: A CASE STUDY OF JAKARTAN CHINESE INDONESIANS

Indonesia is a multilingual country with over 700 languages spoken by various cultural groups. Language shift and maintenance are two common interesting phenomena to study in society. Studies focusing on language have been conducted for decades. Nevertheless, limited studies found regarding the of co-existing ethnics who lived more than generations, such as Arabic or Chinese. Chinese descents speak languages/dialects, Hakka, Teochew, Hokkien (CHL, hereafter). This aims explore CHL community contributing factors phenomena. research adopted mixed-method approach. The data were collected from 100 respondents reside West Jakarta North Jakarta. using questionnaire adapted Cohn et al. (2013) Ryan Giles’s (1982) indexes in-depth interviews. analyzed descriptive statistics, interview thematic analysis. result showed that majority Jakartan Indonesian shifted Indonesian, only 9% them still fully maintain use family. English frequently used mixed Indonesian. language’s domains functionality family background. It was parents’ place birth origin, first language, attitude policy at home, contact extended family, how values influential shift. implied an alarm loss community.