The greeting system in the east coast Malay community In Central Tapanuli, Indonesia

This study explores the importance of language as a communication tool and its role in social interactions, focusing on the use of greeting words in various contexts. Greetings are not merely used to address someone but also to confirm age range, politeness, and social relationships. There is to be a problem when young people talk with their parents because general greetings connot differ between people of the same age and those who are older. In addition, young people also switch their language from the local language to a general language such as Indonesian. Shifting times and culture are the main causes of young people’s problems. This study aimed to identify and preserve the greeting system in the East coastal Malay community in North Sumatera. Thus, the study used both primary and secondary data, in which qualitative description and data collection techniques include interviews, observations, documentation, and records. The result of this greeting does not differ significantly between greeting systems for people who have a family tie and those who do not have a family tie. In addition, the greeting system also has the same rule for greeting people who come from couples' families. Specifically, people in eastern coastal Malay also use the same rules to greet people from couples' family ties. This East Coast Malay language contains all five standardization values. This language includes norm and rules for language use. In addition, language is employed in everyday conversation, and conventional language is still used in some cases. There is a historical link that governs the language structure and determines the development of East Coast Malay. Language has visibility and usability that works nicely.