摘要：Elementary pupils who used to be multilingual speakers began to change into monolingual.
Giving Indonesian language as a language of unity to the elementary students
does not mean hoping regional languages to become extinct, especially with the Sundanese
language which is the top five in the number of speakers in Indonesia. Therefore,
the researchers conducted research in several schools in Bogor with the aim of 1) knowing
the level of institutional and government support in maintaining the use of Sundanese
language in Bogor; 2) knowing the implementation of Sundanese language learning
in Bogor; 3) knowing the process of multilingual learning. A quantitative method was
used by distributing questionnaires to several primary schools in Bogor with a total of 47
teachers and doing observations of elementary students. Findings indicate that negative
attitudes toward the Sundanese language are shown by elementary students with occasional
use of Sundanese language in interacting with their friends. Institutions and governments
are less supportive by not requiring each elementary to have a special Sundanese-speaking
day school within a week and not allowing teachers to improve their abilities.
The ability of Sundanese language teachers in elementary schools in Bogor is still
low in scientific writing using Sundanese language.
关键词：Sundanese language; language maintenance; multilingual learning
