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My Language Use
About you | |||
1 | Do you consider yourself to be a native or fluent speaker of this language? If not, what language do you feel most comfortable speaking? | Yes |
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2 | What other language(s) do you speak? How well do you speak each one? | Bahasa Indonesia, spoken in daily life
and formal education, or workplace. |
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3 | What ethnic group do you identify with? | Sundanese |
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4 | What kind of work does you family do? | Education |
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5 | What is your highest level of education? | Undergraduate |
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6 | How threatened do you think your language is? | At risk because of the declining
speakers |
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7 | Would you want your child to attend vernacular education programs? Elementary, Secondary, University? | Yes,
of course. Better to start from elementary school
for
several courses or several days in a week, not only once in a
week or
two hours a week, but at least a day (Sundanese Day, etc) . And
continue until at least high school. |
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In your home community | |||
8 | How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? | Everyday, with family, friends and
neighbors |
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9 | How often do you speak your national language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? | Daily, with teachers, friends. |
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You to them | Them to you | ||
10 | In what language(s) do you speak with your parents? | Sundanese and Indonesia |
Sundanese and Indonesia |
12 | In what languages(s) do you speak with your grandparents? | Sundanese and Indonesia | Sundanese and Indonesia |
13 | In what language(s) do you speak with your brother(s)? | Sundanese and Indonesia | Sundanese and Indonesia |
14 | In what language(s) do you speak with your sister(s)? | Sundanese and Indonesia | Sundanese and Indonesia |
15 | If you are married, in what language(s) do you speak with your spouse? | Indonesia |
Indonesia |
16 | If you have children, in what language(s) do you speak with your children? | Sundanese, English |
Sundanese, English |
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17 | If you have children, in what language(s) does your spouse speak with your children? | Sundanese, English | Sundanese, English |
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18 | What language do you speak to the merchants at the bazaar/market? | Indonesia, Sundanese |
Indonesia, Sundanese |
19 | What language do you speak to the merchants in the stores? | Indonesia, Sundanese | Indonesia, Sundanese |
20 | What language do you use for communication with members of local government? | Indonesia, Sundanese | Indonesia, Sundanese |
21 | What language do you use for communication with members of regional government? | Indonesia, Sundanese | Indonesia, Sundanese |
22 | What language do you use for communication with members of national government? What language do they use with you? | Indonesia |
Indonesia |
23 | What language do you use speak to your religious leaders? | Indonesia, Sundanese | Indonesia, Sundanese |
24 | What language do you speak to someone you do not know? | Indonesia and Sundanese, based on location |
Indonesia and Sundanese, based on location |
25 | What language will a religious leader use to conduct a ritual? | Indonesia and Sundanese | |
26 | Do you speak your language to members of neighboring ethnic groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? | No, Just Indonesia |
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27 | Do you ever speak the language of neighboring ethnic groups with members of those groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? | No |
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28 | Are there any members of your ethnic group who cannot speak your language? If yes, where? | No |
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29 | Are there any members of your ethnic group who speak your language differently from you? If yes, where? | No |
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30 | Do most children in your community speak your language fluently? If, not what percent speak fluently? | Yes, almost 70% of the kids are fluent
in Sundanese |