Mukhammad Isnaeni, PhD – Research Center for Language and Literature Preservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
Katubi, PhD – Senior Researcher, Research Center for Language and Literature Preservation, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
Multamia R.M.T. Lauder, PhD – Professor, Toponymy and Dialectology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Series: Languages and Linguistics
BISAC: LAN009050; LAN009000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/VVZE0815

This book discusses two major themes in efforts to protect and preserve language as a cultural heritage. The first has the theme of language preservation, and the second has the theme of literature preservation. It is divided into eight parts, which contains 22 chapters and covers the preservation of regional languages from Sumatra to Papua.

This book’s discussion covers various current linguistic conditions related to language and literature preservation efforts. The multiethnic condition of Indonesian society causes various linguistic phenomena, such as bilingualism (or even multilingualism), which often occurs in minority language groups. This language contact can also result in a language shift and language change, which is a permanent change in a person’s choice of language for daily needs, especially as a result of migration. Apart from that, the flow of information and communication, along with various other phenomena that arise due to the increasingly global spectrum of activities and orientation of language use in today’s society have also triggered the emergence of various linguistic problems, including the issue of the extinction of regional languages.

The phenomenon of language extinction in Indonesia has attracted the attention of many scientists, especially linguists. Various efforts have been and are being made to save regional languages that are tending to extinction. This is, of course, quite reasonable because Indonesia has the second-largest language laboratory in the world after Papua New Guinea.

This edited volume’s predominant audience is undergraduate and postgraduate students in Indonesia and abroad who are interested in endangered languages, language documentation, language shifts, language maintenance, and language revitalization. In addition, this book is perfect for researchers, language practitioners, teachers, language policy makers, and other academics of indigenous languages in Indonesia.