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The aim of this poster is to show the linguistic situation of Indonesia in general and its minori... more The aim of this poster is to show the linguistic situation of Indonesia in general and its minority languages, most of all attested as endangered ones. General information will be given about how many languages – as far as it’s possible – are actually spoken throughout the archipelago beside of the National Language (‘Bahasa Indonesia’) proclaimed as such on 28 October 1928 by the Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge), when Indonesian nationalist riots began their long struggle for the independence (‘kemerdekaan’) from the Dutch Colonial government then reached on 17 August 1945. The analysis will be provided by giving both statistical data and linguistic maps to show – in terms of vitality and geographical dispersion – the current condition of the minority languages of the archipelago.
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In the era of web 2.0 social media are widely used as an instrument for connecting people of all ... more In the era of web 2.0 social media are widely used as an instrument for connecting people of all over the world and exchanging informations. Social media truly reached remote areas and some ethnic groups such as Kenyah Lebu' Kulit of Sarawak, Malaysia – a minority ethnic group living on the edge of Sungai Asap who speaks an endangered language – are taking advantages of it thanks to the creation of some communities inside a social media, in this case Facebook. The communities of Lebu' Kulits on Facebook are mostly divided in private groups and public pages in which they share cultural contents and informations between those who still live on the upstream and those who live in the new 'kampung' on the downstream, after the relocation. Through this preliminary work it will be analysed what happens to a language of a minority ethnic group when it joins in a virtual environment, if there are some external linguistic influences and what conclusion can be assumed by a linguistic identity already threatened. However, there are some questions related to this work that are: Can a social network be seen as a way of preserving and documenting an endangered language? If so in which way? It will be shown an overview on which way Facebook is used by Lebu' Kulits with some statistic data analysing the usage of this language both in private and common groups (community) made by them; what this ethnic group thinks about social media and then a preliminary language documentation resulting of this work by cooperating with some members of the community itself.
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