Menurunnya Penutur Bahasa Melayu Deli di Kota Medan Kecamatan Medan Labuhan 2000 – 2017

Abstract

This research discusses the description of the Medan Labuhan District area. This research also looks at the position and function of Deli Malay in Medan City, Medan Labuhan District and the causes of the decline in Deli Malay speakers in Medan Labuhan District from 2000 - 2017. The aim of this research is to reveal the condition of Deli Malay speakers in Medan City. Medan Labuhan District in the period 2000 – 2017. This research uses a historical method which has four stages. Namely the Heuristic stage, namely collecting data in the form of interviews, the Verification (criticism) stage, namely internal and external criticism to find more accurate facts, Interpretation carried out to interpret the sources obtained, and historiography or writing historical stories in the form of a thesis. From the research results, it is known that before 2000, the position of Deli Malay was strong in the 1970s, where Deli Malay was still used, especially by the Deli Malay community. In the 1970s, the closeness of Deli Malay speakers was very significant because of daily interactions and close social and cultural life. Entering the year 2000, Deli Malay speakers experienced a decline due to several factors, namely globalization or developments over time, parents no longer teaching Deli Malay, mixed marriages, lack of interest in the younger generation, and the influence of Indonesian. After that, the obstacle experienced by the author in this research was finding very few informants who spoke Deli Malay who were old because some of these speakers had already died.