PENGGUNAN BAHASA DENTONG PADA SUKU BUGIS DAN MAKASSAR DI KECAMATAN CENRANA KABUPATEN MAROS

Abstract

The aim of the research was to observe the use of Dentong Language as minority
langage of Bugis and Makassar tribes, and acknowladge the status of Dentong
language in Bugis and Makassar langage. The populations of the research were
speaker community of Dentong language. Samples were collected with stratified
sampling method from which the populations were grouped into sub-population
based on certain criteria of the population. The reshults of the research indicated
that the use of Dentong and Makassar language tended to be more frequently
used by speakers of certain ages of adolescents, adults and old. Some reasons why
Dentong and Makassar language were used such at the love for anf the fride of
the languages, so that communication flows smoothly, and references they talk
about were more easily comprehendible.