Diglossia of Formal and Informal Language Speech in The Daily Language of Bone Community in an Indonesian District

Abstract

This study aims to look at the formal and informal speech terminology of Diglossia in everyday language in the people of Bone Village, Bajeng District, Gowa Regency. This research uses qualitative research. The data in this study were in the form of speech in a conversation related to diglossia in the everyday language of the people of Bone Village. The data source in this study was the people of Bone Village, Bajeng District, Gowa Regency. Data collection techniques in this study are 5. 1) Observing speech events that occur in the bone village community, 2) Imitating conversations heard in written language, 3) Determining speech that refers to diglossia, 4) Providing coding data for each data collection, 5) Classifying data related to diglossia according to language usage. The data analysis technique in this study used direct research. The result of this research is that there are variations in formal and informal aspects as well as spoken diglossia in everyday language in the people of Bone Village, Bajeng District, Gowa Regency using a certain level of diglossia, high-level (H) diglossia is used by Bone village in official situations, while low-level (L) diglossia is used as the daily language of the local community.