Rongga 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

Comments

Rongga is one of local languages (bahasa daerah) in 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

East Manggarai Regency, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province

Size / Number of users

Number of users

5972

Source

The Rongga vitality research report conducted by the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation

Year

2017

Comments

This number is the amount of people in the location of the vitality study conducted, namely the village of Tanahrata. Speakers of Rongga are not only in this village but also in three other villages. The ethnic group in the village
Tanahrata consists of many tribes, including the Motu pumbu, Motu kaju,
Motu poso, Nggeli, Sui, Sawu, Ngara, Banggaenga, Sera, Iowa, Yeast, Wake, dan ridicule. Almost all of the ethnic groups speak Rongga, except for the
Wake and Pejek who use Manus language.

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language

Actual percentage

30

Source

The Rongga vitality research report conducted by the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation

Year

2017

Comments

The proportion of speakers of the Rongga language is about 20% of the total population in one sub-district of Kota Komba. Speakers of the Rongga language are classified as multilingual, meaning that they master their mother tongue, Indonesian, Manggarai language, and neighboring small languages. The Rongga ethnic generally speak other ethnic languages, but other ethnic groups do not master the Rongga language. This shows that the Rongga language is a small language.
The Cavalry Tribe Rongga language itself is known to be widely available in Tanahrata Village, Komba City District, East Manggarai Regency. Rongga speakers is the majority when viewed from the total population in Tanahrata.

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

Limited to middle and older generations

Source

The Rongga vitality research report conducted by the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation

Comments

Rongga language always used in family but only a few older generations use the Rongga language on a limited basis. Children do not use the Rongga language.

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

Less than 1% of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

No digital language 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 Rongga vitality research report conducted by the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation

Comments

The speech area of the Rongga language is located in eastern part of Manggarai Regency, especially in three villages, namely Tanahrata, Komba, and Bamo. The Rongga tribe is a community of people who located in East Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. Ethnic group Rongga is the language of Rongga and is spoken by about 20 small tribes called as a sub-tribe Rongga. Among the 20 sub-tribes of Rongga, the Motu tribe, the Iowa tribe, and the Nggeli tribe is the sub-tribe that has the largest population.

Economic dimension

Economic scope

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

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

exclusive

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Comments

The speech area of the Rongga language is on the traffic axis so that the use of Indonesian in the public sphere is increasingly widespread

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

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

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

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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