Language Attitude of Balinese Teenagers at Desa Buduk, Kecamatan Mengwi, Kabupaten Badung to Balinese Language

Abstract

This research tries to investigate the language attitude of the teenagers at Desa Buduk, Kecamatan Mengwi, Kabupaten Badung. The village belongs to a transition village with many modernizations due to the development of Badung Regency. The result of the research shows that the teenagers have positive language attitudes to Balinese Balinese language. The male teenagers of low class tend to have positive language attitudes to Balinese language higher than the other class groups of the teenagers at the village. The factors of the language attitudes of the teenagers at Desa Buduk, Kecamatan Mengwi, Kabupaten Badung are Language loyalty, language value, intimacy, demography.