A study of diglossia used by Madurese people in Sumenep

Madurese people in Sumenep is society of the regencies which has more over-plus than the other regencies as society of Pamekasan, Sampang, and Bangkalan regency. The language purity of Sumenep people is still kept till today. Moreover, the language there besides undergoes a degradation, it also undergoes the developments like rising the using the subtle language to the other people. So, there the phenomena of language appear some types of language influence the Sumenep people. Madurese people in Sumenep can be categorized by the existence of the language is used by the people. People who have high level in general use coarse language or just use semi-formal language. Or, people who have young age than the other people usually use formal language and the old or adult people uses semi-formal language. But, also there is someone who has old age uses coarse language to the young people. The use of language in the environment of Madurese people in Sumenep is not like which we imagining. Inside it, there are difficulty and unique aspect in using that can we find. But, the language has depth meaning about the existence of social status which develops. The usage of subtle language (formal) is used by the people who have the lower social status to people who have higher social status. Otherwise, the usage of coarse language (informal) is used by the people who have higher social status to people who have lower social status. To differ between the common people and the respected people in environment of Madurese people in Sumenep, we can see the two sides of language that used there, formal or informal language. Generally, the kind of language usage of Madurese people in Sumenep is divided into three kinds, they are; formal language, semi-formal language, and informal language. While, the contexts of their usage is divide into five parts, they are; children speak to their parents, students speak to theirs teachers, young people speak to adult/ old people, people speak to princes, people speak with a contemporary status, someone speaks in the public area, and people speak to unknown people.