This study aims to describe characteristics of child speakers’ communication strategies in their interaction with a variety of interlocutors in a diglossic society. This study was a longitudinal study involving subjects aged 2 – 5 years. The data were collected through observations, recording with an electronic recorder, and field note cards. The data were analyzed using the performance analysis technique. The findings show that characteristics of child speakers’ communication strategies in their interaction with a variety of interlocutors in a diglossic society appear in the types and type variations, causes, and functions of the use in the process of naturally
acquiring the pragmatic competence