This study aims at obtaining in-depth understanding on: 1)
Serang community, 2) language maintenance and revitalisasion of the Javanese Banten
dialect. The study was conducted with desctiptive qualitative method. The activities of this
study was limited to cover in Serang city. The data for the study was collected by means of
quesioner, recording, participatory observations, and interviews. The findings of the study
lead to the following conclusion. First, in the choice of language in Serang community there
was shift or transition in the first language from Javanese Banten dialect to Indonesian
language. From 56 respondents, 46.43% or 26 people chose Indonesian as a first language,
32.14% or 18 people chose Javanese Banten dialect, and the rest other languages. Second,
based on these findings it is necessary proceedings the government Javanese Banten dialect
that do not lose their language. In Government, is done through a revitalization, both formal
and non-formal line
