Abstract:
The research deals with language variation of coastal community in Mandailing
Natal, Sumatra Utara. Which is mainly aimed to investigate the factors of
language variation in coastal language in Mandailing Natal and to describe the
dialect and idiolect used by coastal community teenagers in Mandailing Natal.
This research applied qualitative research design in which the data was collected
through doing an observation at Tabuyung village and having an interview with
teenagers coastal community and also with five village chief. The results of this
study were indicated there are three factors that influence language variations in
coastal community in Mandailing Natal, namely the educational background, the
environmental influences and the age differences. And there are three dialects
used by coastal community teenagers in Mandailing Natal, which are regional
dialects, social dialects and temporal. Then there is the use of idiolect by coastal
community teenagers in Mandailing Natal, which can see on gender and age.
