Part of the MIT Indigenous Languages Initiatives (MITILI) Program. I come from Leti Island, Moluccas, Indonesia.
My research areas so far include Language Intelligibility, Sociolinguistics, General Linguistics, and Endangered Languages.
Books
Saupia, Renhard, Yanti & Karl Anderbeck (eds.). [Draft]. Indonesian minority groups speak: Participatory workshops boost awareness of their languages. Jakarta: Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.
Journals
Conferences
The 1st International Conference on Language and Literature Preservation., Jakarta. Saupia, R. (2021). Patterns of Alternation in Leti. Kongres Internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia (KIMLI), Makassar
Saupia, R. (2020). Why is Leti shifting? Indonesian Language and Linguistics: State of the Field (InLaLi), Jakarta.
Saupia, R. (2019). Function and Types: Code Switching and Code Mixing in Leti (Types and Frequency). International Seminar of Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ISLLCE), University of Haluoleo, Kendari.
Thesis
Saupia, R. (2017). A Comparative Study of the Readability of Google Translate and Microsoft Translator in Translating Hortatory Text from English-to-Indonesia. Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana.