The Terms of Address of Abung Lampungese Language as a Local Wisdom in Its Multicultural Society

As a multiethnic and multilingual population, Lampung province can be broadly divided into two groups; the indigenous population (Lampung ethnic) and immigrant population. Abung Lampungese community, as one of Lampung ethnic, has a unique and varied terms of address, and it also has a rule of use. This study aims to investigate the forms and the rules of terms of address used in Abung Lampungese by using qualitative descriptive design, observation and interview as the data collection techniques. There are ten terms of address and twelve factors of the terms of address rules and norms in Lampungese found in this study, each of which portrays the relationship between the speaker and the interlocutor