Abstract
This article aims at describing the local wisdom of Manggarai Speech Community through a form of taboo language called ireng. Ireng is a verbal tradition contains a set of taboo actions that will bring bad luck to those who decide not to obey it. Ireng neka dur ata is the data used on this article. The local wisdom is found through analysis process of value and meaning of ireng neka dur ata. The result shows 5 facts: (1) this ireng contains of lingual unit that are modus of speech, verb choice, and word order, (2) harmony of life is the value taught through this ireng, (3) contextual meaning of this ireng is “do not extrude guest and its consequence of bad luck in economic”, (4) the local wisdom found are a habit and a sacrifice of the guest and the host, (5) the obedient to its culture, the effort maintain harmony of life, and serve people above self are reflection of the character of Manggarai Speech Community
 Index Terms— local wisdom, ireng, cultural linguistics
Highlights
If language is seen as a unity of the phenomena of community life, there will be many facts found in the language used by a particular group of community
It is said in KBBI, local wisdom is any form of policy based on the values of goodness that are trusted, applied, and always maintained in a long period of time by a group of people in a particular area or environment
Local wisdom that is present through the language in GTM is ireng
Summary
If language is seen as a unity of the phenomena of community life, there will be many facts found in the language used by a particular group of community. Local wisdom is one of the cultural elements that can be expressed through language It is said in KBBI, local wisdom is any form of policy based on the values of goodness that are trusted, applied, and always maintained in a long period of time (for generations) by a group of people in a particular area or environment. Ireng is one of the manifestations of oral tradition that is in Manggarai speech community (hereinafter abbreviated as GTM) and is still in use today. It contains the local wisdom of native speakers which are expressed in the form of special prohibitions. Data analysis will be carried out based on the formulations of cultural linguistics, those developed by Palmer
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