Abstract
Social interaction is a necessity for everyone in ethnic groups (microscope) and nations (macro scope). Language as a group identity is very close to cultural values that must be considered by the language users. The object of this study is one of the Ethnic languages in North Sumatra, which is Angkola Language. The aspect discussed in this language is the use of modals in command sentences (deontic modality seen from a semantic perspective). This research used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The data of this study are Oral and Written Data of Angkola Language. The research finding shows that there are three values of deontic Modality in Angkola Language: 1) High degree: ulang (don’t /no), musti/musti akkon (must), tarpaksa (has/has to), 2) Median degree: akkon (should), 3) Low degree: tola (may), na tola, inda tola (may not), izin /izitkon (allow), na diizitkon (not allowed), inda bisa/na bisa (not allowed), dipatola/inda dipatola (allowed/not allowed), Akkon (Ought to) and The particle as modality markers: da, ma, mada to create the polite expression.
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