Is Local Language about to Die?

So, being exposed to national language in school was indeed a huge jump to expose ourselves to the world. It was nothing wrong with mastering national language, but there was quite a struggle to some family who lived in sub-district areas if compared to those living in suburban areas.

For students who had to go to school without prior exposure to national language, they had to face challenges. It was lucky for me to have been raised in both local and national languages. However, it wasn't the case for some of my friends, they had to adjust and put themselves accordingly.

In the late 90s, conversations within family members were kind of mixed. A few of family members were raised in national language and perhaps local language came afterwards. I saw friends whose little brothers or sisters spoke in national language but knew little in local language as I visited them or played outside with them as our main activity every afternoons. 

The way how local and national language circulated among ourselves was somewhat different. I got local language more from home and some from daily interactions with friends living in the neighborhood. Honestly, I have to say that even back then national language might have been a dominant language among children when spending time outside school. This is somehow true if seen in suburban areas or cities, but not in rural areas of course.

I believe that a privilege in knowing national language changed the way family raise kids at home. Often in suburban areas or for those living close to suburb, introducing national language at early age to family members is critical. 

Identity  VS Formality

For some people, speaking in national language represents their identity. You might want to argue, but it's happening anywhere. Some family are proud of having kids master national language, but are even shameful when they carry local accents in their national language. It can be a joke to friends in school if they speak national language with a different accent accompanied by.

It wasn't that serious until the year of 2000. Local language users showed a critical number. It affected how family interacted among their members and the way messages circulated in the neighborhood.  It gradually changed the way people perceived their local language and the value it brings within.

Naming and labeling play a huge shift in local language. It was before that names of coffee shops used to be in local language as it was in most of other local market shops. Words of local language were then inaccessible due to its inavailability visually. As a result, speakers of the language know very little about how to write in local language, especially taking writing symbol into consideration. 

What's more, radio stations were aired dominantly in national language, and only a small percentage in local language, with of course due to very few radio broadcasters knew how to speak well in local language.  It made a total sense but it didn't make sense how this could happen naturally.

Spoken and written local language was hardly noticeable. I realized how little could we access books written in local language and how difficult could we listen to local language formally through radio. I was assuming that it wasn't made available since maybe people were not expected to put the language into use. Just a small guess!