Using System of Differential Equation Models to Examine the Impact of Speakers’ Language Attitudes on the Death of Bahasa Kerinci

Language and Math Studies

https://doi.org/10.5614/sostek.itbj.2022.21.3.6

Authors

  • Faradhiba Salsabila Padjadjaran University
  • Deden Usman Hafidi Padjadjaran University
  • Tyla Safitri Widianingrum Padjadjaran University
  • Bayu Setiawan Padjadjaran University
  • Raihan Dzul Alfaini Pahlevi Padjadjaran University
  • Nani Darmayanti Padjadjaran University

Keywords:

language attitude, bahasa Kerinci, sociolinguistic, language extinction model,, differential equation mode

Abstract

Bahasa Kerinci is stable yet endangered, according to Indonesia’s Language
Development and Fostering Agency. No one can learn a local language because the
younger generation quit using it. This research seeks to determine Bahasa Kerinci
speakers’ linguistic attitude, its cause, and its extinction using differential equation
models. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used for this research.
Familiarity, social engagement, dialogue outside of intimacy, the relationship between
Bahasa Kerinci and other languages, preservation, and skill are the six domains of
language attitude analysis. The research found that teens in Kerinci Regency and
Sungai Penuh City had a neutral to positive language attitude with an average score of
0.599 from all domains. The results also showed that Kerinci Regency teenagers had a
more positive language attitude than Sungai Penuh City teens. The informal teaching of
Bahasa Kerinci and the atmosphere that supports it influence teens’ linguistic attitudes.
Using dynamic mathematical models with three compartments (Bahasa Kerinci’s
monolingual speaker, Bahasa Indonesia’s monolingual speaker, and bilingual speaker)
and linguistic attitudes, Bahasa Kerinci’s extinction was simulated. Questionnaires
determine each parameter’s value, including number of speakers, degree of contact, and
linguistic attitudes. Maple software and the Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method simulate
numerically. The simulation reveals that linguistic attitude maintains and even increases
bilingualism.

Author Biographies

Faradhiba Salsabila, Padjadjaran University

faculty of Cultural Studies

Deden Usman Hafidi, Padjadjaran University

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Tyla Safitri Widianingrum, Padjadjaran University

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Bayu Setiawan, Padjadjaran University

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Raihan Dzul Alfaini Pahlevi, Padjadjaran University

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Nani Darmayanti, Padjadjaran University

Faculty of Cultural Studies

Published

2022-11-28