Javanese Literature ACADEMIC, Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB), University of Indonesia (UI), Widhyasmaramurti, explained that the postponement regarding the discussion of the Regional Language Bill by the DPR and the Government was deemed appropriate. According to him, the discussion of the Regional Language Bill must be studied carefully by involving various parties, especially regional language speaking communities.
“The Regional Language Bill is part of the second amendment to the national legislative program in 2023, of course the process of this bill will not just stop like that. “By postponing this discussion, it doesn’t mean stopping, but we hope we can get much better and maximum results,” he said when contacted by Media Indonesia on Wednesday (3/4) in Jakarta.
According to Widhya, the involvement of various parties in a conference manner is very necessary in discussing the Regional Language Bill. In this case, the government needs to create and involve community members ranging from regional language teachers, traditional community leaders to housewives as regional language speakers.
“Basically, when children enter school, they will definitely be able to speak Indonesian, so strengthening regional languages will be better if carried out in the context of the family and community, so that regional languages can become mother tongues and main languages, followed by Indonesian,” he said.
According to Widhya, basically implementing the preservation of regional languages in society is the main job for regional governments in accordance with the mandate in Law no. 23 of 2014, so that while waiting for the regulations on the Regional Language Bill, various regions should pay attention to regional conservation actions.
“So far, I am sure that every regional government is trying to preserve it as much as possible, but there are also regional governments that are just making do with preservation and there is no innovation to support the process of preserving their regional language,” he said.
Furthermore, Widhya said that currently preserving regional languages still faces big challenges externally and internally, one of which is related to limited funding. In this case, referring to the contents of the Regional Language Bill, Widhya emphasized the existence of evaluations and benchmarks in implementing the program which will later be implemented if the bill is passed.
“The funding process for conservation is still very minimal, while teachers and conservationists also need to develop materials and capacity. “Then finally, we have to think regarding how the preservation process will go so that it can run on track through various short and long term programs, so there needs to be an evaluation,” he said. (Z-8)
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