Role and Function of Regional Languages in Communication Activities in The Community in Dembe Village 2 Districts of North City of Gorontalo City

This research aims to find out how the role and function of communication activities in the community, the subject of this study is the community who live or settle in the village of dembe II north city subdistrict. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods, data collection techniques, namely by way of interviews with public figures and the general public. The results showed the role and function of traditional languages (Gorontalo regional languages) that have been uneven, this is seen based on 3 functions, namely language (1) naming function, in the village of dembe II is still using Gorontalo regional language. (2) The interaction function, in the village of Dembe II north city sub-district this function is not evenly distributed, there are only a few people who are still actively using the Gorontalo regional language while other communities are no longer actively using Gorontalo regional languages, especially children and adolescents. (3) Transmission function, this function is not running well because in the village of Dembe II children to teenagers can not use the Gorontalo regional language properly which will have an impact will shift the use of the Gorontalo regional language in dembe II village in the future. Every year the government and the community always various customary events to festivals in the village of Dembe II, where these events are always and must use the Gorontalo regional language for naming to welcome speeches from officials. The government is also required to use the Gorontalo language in the school environment on certain days. Just like using a good and correct Indonesian, maintain a regional language and master a foreign language.