ISSN 0215-9171 (print), ISSN 2528-1089 (online) Widyaparwa, Vol. 51, No. 1, Juni 2023 | 229 ISTILAH KEKERABATAN PADA MASYARAKAT CINA BENTENG KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY OF CINA BENTENG COMMUNITY Sonya Ayu Kumala 1 ; RMT Multamia Lauder 2 ; Frans Asisi Datang 3 ; Winci Firdaus 4 Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia 123 , Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia 4 sonyaa.ayuu@gmail.com 1 ; winc001@brin,go,id 4 (Naskah diterima tanggal 1 Maret 2023, terakhir diperbaiki tanggal 21 Juni 2023, disetujui tanggal 29 Juni 2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.26499/wdprw.v51i1.1372 Abstract Cina Benteng and Tangerang become one whole unit, as an object and context that has the potential to be studied from the perspective of language and culture. Cina Benteng has their uniqueness and distinct in term of their abilities in adaptating and acculturating culture compared to other Chinese community in Indonesia. At the lin- guistic level, the kinship term is universal, it is found in all languages and is also unique at the same time, as it characterizes the community that owns the kinship terms. This study aims to describe the terms in the Chinese Benteng kinship system through the classification of kinship terms which are analyzed semantically and also analysize of the languages that forms kinship terms. The data of this study was compiled using a qualitative de- scriptive approach. The interview method was used to gather information from informants, while note-taking techniques were also used as document data collection. The results of the analysis show that kinship terms in the Benteng Chinese community are grouped into three, namely direct, indirect, and marital relations. The results of the analysis show that Chinese kinship terms in general still utilizing the kinship structure and system as general Chinese community in other cities in Indonesia, for example the differences in term of relatives from the father's and mother's sides. But at the same time it also points to the uniqueness by combining Chinese kinship terms that adapt and intersect with local aspect of cultural and linguistic contexts. The distribution of the languages that are being used in the Chinese Benteng kinship terms are Chinese, Indonesian (Melayu), Sundanese, and Javanese. Keywords: Kinship; sociolinguistics; Cina Benteng Abstrak Cina Benteng dan Tangerang menjadi satu kesatuan yaitu sebagai objek dan konteks yang potensial dikaji dari sudut pandang bahasa dan budaya. Cina Benteng dengan kemampuan adaptasi dan akul- turasi yang unik serta khas apabila dibandingkan dengan model komunitas Tionghoa lain yang ada di Indonesia. Pada tingkat kebahasaan, istilah kekerabatan menjadi hal yang universal yaitu ditemukan di semua bahasa dan juga sekaligus unik yaitu mencirikan masyarakat pemilik istilah kekerabatan ter- sebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan istilah dalam sistem kekerabatan Cina Benteng