Gorontalo in Indonesia

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Gorontalo Province

Comments

Gorontalo is one of local languages in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Gorontalo Province and Bolaang Uki Subdistrict, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province

Size / Number of users

Number of users

486274

Source

Gorontalo Province in Figures 2021 (BPS-Statistics of Gorontalo Province)

Year

2020

Comments

This data based on population in Bone Bolango, North Gorontalo, and Gorontalo Municipality

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language

Actual percentage

45

Source

The Gorontalo vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Year

2020

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

0

486,274

All generations

Educational attainment

No education

Early childhood education

Primary education

Lower secondary education

Higher secondary education

Tertiary education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Craft and related trades workers

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Services and sales workers

Clerical support workers

Technicians and associate professionals

Professionals

Managers

Language competence

Language not used

Understand little, speak/sign none

Understand some, speak/sign little

Understand well, speak/sign some

Understand all, speak/sign well

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

The result of language mapping in Indonesia conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (2019)

Comments

The Gorontalo language is spoken by community in the regencies of Bone Bolango, North Gorontalo, and Gorontalo Municipality, Gorontalo Province and in Bolaang Uki Subdistrics, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi Province.

Economic dimension

Economic scope

Quinary sector
Quaternary sector
Tertiary sector
Secondary sector
Primary sector
Language not used

Comments

The people of Gorontalo still use the Gorontalo language in every socio-economic communication, such as in buying and selling transactions, farming, and fishing for fulfill their life.

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

exclusive

Comments

The language use in private domains is stable.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

exclusive

Comments

The language use in everyday domains is stable.
This language always used in informal situations of social encounters in everyday life with friends, acquittances, colleagues, service providers, also with partner, children, family, close friend.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Comments

Gorontalo is not used in administration

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Primary level

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Lower secondary level

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Comments

In general, more often used in public healthcare is Indonesian, but occasionally Gorontalo is still used in conversations between healthcare workers and people especially older generations .

Information, communication and cultural production

Comments

Gorontalo language is used in the production of local short films.

Comments

Gorontalo language is used in the production of local songs.

Digital sphere

Comments

Gorontalo language is sometimes used by some speakers in social media such as TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.

Comments

Gorontalo language is used by some speakers to send text messages via sms or whatsapp

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

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