THE LANGUAGE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES: AN APPROACH TO MAINTAINING INDONESIA'S LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Abstract

Although language or linguistic rights (LRs) have been well-articulated or instinrtionalizeidn somec ountries(i .e.,S outhA frica, Kenya,o r USA), this issueh as beenu nder-examinedin Inddnesia'sin digenousla nguagep reservationm ovement,F or this reasont,h is chapterh ighlightst he useo f the LRs approach1 ep 3fu6ining linguistic and cultural diversity in IndonesiaU. sing this approachw, e would like to proposea frameworkf or indigenousla nguagem aintenanceI.n the short ternl this framework is aimedt o promotea n awarenesosf the importanceo f diversel inguistic resourcesI.n the long term, the linguisticr ights might be institutionalizedth roughb ilingual educationa nd practicedw ithin communitieosf practice(si .e.,f amiliesa nds chools)