Abstract
THIS writing discusses people's language attitude in the border area of East Nusa Tenggara -Timor Leste, particularly in Silawan village, East Tasifeto district, Belu regency, the Province of East Nusa Tenggara. This study aims to describe the people's language attitude in the border area on the Indonesian language, local language, and foreign language using a survey method. The samples are taken from the population and the data are collected via questionnaires. It is a quantitative study correlating respondent social features with their opinion to some language attitude parameters, namely their language attitude on the Indonesian language, local language, and foreign language. It is found that people living around the border area of East Nusa Tenggara have more positive attitude towards the local language than towards the Indonesian language, or the foreign language. The social features of speakers, such as gender, ages, education levels, spouse ethnicities, marital statuses, and residences influence one's language attitude. The language attitude of people living around the border area, either on the Indonesian language, on local language, or on foreign language, based on their social features displays various results
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