https://research.adra.ac.id/index.php/lingeduca <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal provides a platform for the publication of original qualitative and quantitative research on education and instruction, compilations based on critical evaluation of current literature, and meta-analysis studies. The <strong>Lingeduca: Journal of Language and Education Studies</strong> also aims to provide a platform where multiple educational disciplines can contribute and share educational insights, innovative approaches and practices. In this respect, <strong>Lingeduca: Journal of Language and Education Studies</strong> publishes national and international research in an attempt to present a reliable and respectable information source for the researchers. <br /><br /><strong>Lingeduca: Journal of Language and Education Studies</strong> has been published since 2022, published three times a year April, August, December. The articles submitted for publication are subjected to double-blind reviewing process. The journal publishes original articles in English.</p> Yayasan Adra Karima Hubbi en-US Lingeduca: Journal of Language and Education Studies 2987-0259 https://research.adra.ac.id/index.php/lingeduca/article/view/2599 <p>Marginalized urban communities face linguistic pressures threatening their heritage languages. This study examines language preservation in environments where language is a key site of identity struggle. This sociolinguistic research investigates the specific strategies of language maintenance and identity negotiation utilized by a marginalized urban community, aiming to identify key factors enabling linguistic resilience against dominant language encroachment. A qualitative ethnographic approach was employed, using participant observation and in-depth sociolinguistic interviews (n=45). The analysis focused on language choice across social domains and the metalinguistic narratives speakers used to articulate identity. Findings indicate resilience is achieved through “covert maintenance,” reinforcing the heritage language in private domains as resistance. Identity negotiation is fluid, with strategic code-switching used to signal affiliation. Public language use showed assimilation, but private use demonstrated strong vitality. Linguistic resilience in this community is a conscious act of social agency and identity negotiation, not passive retention. The community preserves its language through strategic domain management, proving vitality is inextricably linked to identity.</p> Novi Ulfa Safitri Sara Hussain Marwati Marwati Sitti Agustina Copyright (c) 2025 Novi Ulfa Safitri, Sara Hussain, Marwati Marwati, Sitti Agustina https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2025-12-26 2025-12-26 4 2 42 55 10.70177/lingeduca.v4i2.2599