“…in their daily communication (Paauw, 2009, Kustati, 2014 as a form of their existence, ethnic and cultural identity (Yusuf, Aziz & Kamarullah, 2017), whether they live in rural or urban areas. The local languages they use may occur in their neighborhood, place of work, school, or elsewhere (Aziz, et al, 2017;Chaer, 2007;Ulfa, Isda & Purwati, 2018). Besides, there is a tendency to maintain the language of each region without leaving the use of Indonesian as the national language (Aziz, et al, 2017).…”