Maria Lidia Rayon Pengarang FRANSISKUS BUSTAN Dosen Pembimbing 2 SEBASTIANUS FERNANDEZ Dosen Pembimbing 1 Fransiskus Bustan Penguji 2 Sebastianus Fernandez Penguji 1 Yosep B. Kroon Ketua Penguji

This study aims to analyze the language attitudes of Rongga speakers in various social and cultural contexts. Language attitude is an individual's view or perception of the language he or she uses. Through a qualitative approach, this research involved questionnaires, and in-depth interviews with native speakers of Rongga language. The results showed that the majority of Rongga language speakers had a positive attitude towards the process of Rongga language preservation in the context of making several efforts to preserve the Rongga language by documenting various Rongga cultural activities, publishing reading books available in Rongga language and so on. However, there are also those who are negative about the use of Rongga language in informal situations, where foreign languages (such as Kolor language) are more often used, and agree with the statement that the culture of the Komba Village community can survive without Rongga language. Especially in formal situations such as in getting education, work and others, Indonesian or Kolor language is more often used. This study concludes that the language attitudes of Rongga speakers are dynamic and influenced by social development and cultural change. Therefore, a more adaptive policy is needed to maintain the preservation of Rongga language as the unifying language of the Komba Village community, without ignoring the diversity of other regional languages and the need for foreign language acquisition. Keywords: language attitudes, rongga ranguage speakers, komba village