Author: Ardliati Muharrommah
Language is a communication tool used by one person to another for social interaction. The official language in Indonesia is Indonesian, although Indonesia is a country that has a lot of language diversity, it is still one of the main languages in Indonesia. While culture is a lifestyle that develops in certain areas and is passed down from generation to generation. This article will discuss more deeply about the language and culture in Indonesia, the goal is that all Indonesian people do not forget these two interrelated things. There is a theory that says that language is part of a culture but there is also one who says that language and culture are different things. Next we will discuss what the relationship between language and culture is.
The relationship between language and culture is subordinating and coordinating. The meaning of subordination is that language and culture are closely related and cannot be separated. Language is under the scope of culture. Meanwhile, what is meant by co-ordinating is that language and culture have an equal relationship and have the same high position. But there are still many who think that language and culture are not too important and begin to fade even though they know that the two are interconnected.