Acquiring Bilingualism in Early Childhood Transmigration Village, Buana Sakti
Village, Mamuju Regency. This research is very unique because it discusses bilingualism in
Bugis, Javanese, Lombok, Makassar, Toraja, Balinese and Indonesian which has never been
researched before. This study aims to obtain This research is very unique because it discusses
bilingualism in Bugis, Javanese, Lombok, Makassar, Toraja, Balinese and Indonesian which has
never been researched before. This study aims to obtain information about bilingualism which is
influenced by the surrounding environment. In addition to knowing the factors and influences
early childhood can be faster or slower in mastering two or more languages. The source of the
research data came from the early childhood transmigration village of Mamuju district. In this
study using descriptive qualitative research methods with direct interview techniques on children.
The research instrument is a questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out in sequence, namely:
(1) identifying the child's language, (2) reducing data, (3) presenting data, (4) interpreting data,
(5) concluding the interpretation results. The results of this study found the acquisition of
bilingualism in early childhood, namely the first language mastered by children in the
Transmigration village was Indonesian and their respective regional languages. There are also
those whose first is first language is Indonesian, the children in the Transmigration village can
use their own regional language and can even understand the local languages of other ethnic
groups, although they are still.
Keywords: Acquisition of Bilingualism, Transmigration, Environmental Influence, ethnic groups