PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION THROUGH LANGUAGE PRESERVATION: ENGGANO CASE Sarwo F. Wibowo Abstrak Makalah ini membahas mengenai keterkaitan antara pergeseran bahasa Enggano dengan pengabaian hak linguistik mereka. beberapa solusi juga dirumuskan untuk mencegah diskriminasi melalui penguatan peraturan yang mendukung penggunaan bahasa ibu sebagai bahasa pengantar di kelas-kelas awal. data dikumpulkan melalui studi pustaka, wawancara, dan Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Harus dicatat bahwa pergeseran fungsi bahasa dalam bahasa etnik tidak hanya tentang hilangnya identitas budaya namun juga menyangkut diskriminasi dan masalah kemanusiaan. Disamping menggambarkan keadaan komunitas bahasa Enggano, makalah ini juga akan merumuskan langkah- langkah untuk mendukung penutur asli Enggano untuk melestarikan bahasanya. Abstrac This paper discuss about relation between Enggano language shift and disobeying of their Linguistic rights. There also formulated some solution to anticipate discrimination through strenghten the implementation of regulation that support mothertongue to use as a instructional language in early class. Data collected by library research, interview, and Focused Group Discussion. It have to be marked language shift in ethnic language not only about identity lost of the ethnic group but also related to discrimination and human rights issues. Beside describe Enggano language community condition, this paper also formulated some steps to support Enggano native speaker preserve their language. Keywords: Enggano language, discrimination, Linguistic rights, Introductions Enggano is islands in Indian Ocean about 97 mile northwest Bengkulu, Indonesia. It situated at 102’05 -102’25 east longitude and 5’17 -5’31 degree south latitude . This small archipelago consist of five island; Enggano is the mainland, Merbau island, Satu island, Dua island, and Bangkai island. In the North, this islands bordering with Mentawai islands, Bengkulu channel in the east , Christmas islands in the South , and in west of this island is Indian Ocean. Enggano island is relatively remote area with limited transportion moda. Engganese, the tribe who live in Enggano island, speaks a language named Enggano language. This language is spoken by 1424 native speakers (Wibowo, 2014:7). Enggano is linguistically and geogragraphically isolated from surrounding language group. Only a few number of literature of this language can mention. The latest study Enggano writen by Wibowo (2013) that discuss about Enggano language vitality. Research about Enggano phonology by Yoder (2011) most likely is the first research that discuss about Enggano language structure. Before two research above, the study about Enggano language like done