Coconut and itsrelated words in Hindu society: ecolinguistic approach

Many people thought that the sustainability of a language very much depends on whether or not there were speakers speaking the language. This idea was not entirely true since language needs reference. There was no word if there was nothing to represent. The experts working on ecolinguistics believe that the ecosystem contributes a lot to the sustainability of a language. This was in line with what was stated by Halliday (1990) saying that there was relationship between ecology and language. Based on the idea that ecology was important to the sustainability of a language, this article was written to show that from one tree, in this case thecoconut tree, there were a lot of things that were related to language and culture thatcould be contributed. The disappearance of this tree would also cause the disappearance of the words and culture related to it. Thus, it was expected that people will understand that if they want to keep the language, they have to maintain the ecosystem, in this case flora and fauna.