Translingualism and solidarity in multiethnic communities

• Yusra, Kamaludin ^[1] ; Lestari, Yuni Budi ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Mataram

     University of Mataram

     Indonesia

     
• Localización: International journal of multilingualism, ISSN 1479-0718, Vol. 22, Nº. 3, 2025, págs. 1820-1844
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2025.2466096
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• Resumen

  • Geographical mobility leading to highly diverse situations has been exemplified in urban and rural communities. Superdiversity in ethnicity and language has been known to lead to multilingualism and multiculturalism, but little is known how translanguaging practices are used as means of establishing interethnic solidarity regardless of superdiversity among community members. This article fills the gap by elucidating how the rural transmigrant communities in Dompu on the Sumbawa Island of Indonesia create co-membership of social and ethnic categories amidst varieties in socio-economic backgrounds. Data were collected from linguistic survey and participant ethnographic observation of the communities over four years where taking notes, interviewing key informants and recording conversations were the main means of data collection. With ethnographic and interaction analyses, the study reveals that despite its superdiversity in ethnicity, language, religions and socio-economic conditions, members of the multilingual and multicultural communities can symbolically develop mechanical and organic solidarity among themselves through various means of translanguaging practices.

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