Etnolech Determination of Toraja Community Kinship in a Foreign Land

This paper aims to describe the form of ethnolect speech of the Toraja people as a determining factor in kinship
relations in overseas lands. This study uses a descriptive type of research. The methods used in data collection are
free listening, recording, and note-taking methods. The data analysis method in this study begins with describing the
data in the form of field notes, identifying the data, and then doing data reduction. The validity of the data obtained
from the triangulation process with triangulation techniques from data sources, observations, and determination of
theory. The results of this study indicate that there are several forms of ethnolect used by the Toraja people as a
determining factor for kinship and intimacy in the overseas lands, including, as indicated by the background of (1)
speech partners: having the same socio-cultural background; (2) speech intent and purpose: the same topic of
conversation; (3) linguistic domain/environment: supportive social interaction context