Fairul Zabadi, Besse Darmawati, Dessy Wahyuni, Sri Kusuma Winahyu, Dewi Nastiti Lestaningsih, Amirullah Abduh
The Kafoa language is one of the indigenous languages in Indonesia so that needs to preserve it to be in existed category and reveal it as language assets in Indonesia and local culture identity. Revealing the Kafoa Language vitality can be conducted through many perspectives, one of them is through the use of basic cultural vocabulary mastery by native speakers. Therefore, this study aimed to reveal the Kafoa language vitality through the basic cultural vocabulary mastery by the native speakers in Bawah Sub-Village, Probur Utara Village, Southwest Alor District, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The study was a qualitative applying case study method. Data were the answer of 40 native speakers of the Kafoa language as respondents. In collecting data, questionnaire and interview guidance is used as instruments which involves the 451 basic cultural vocabularies in nine domains of body parts; pronouns, greetings, and. © 2023, Universitas Negeri Makassar- Faculty of Languages and Literature. All rights reserved.
Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia
