In a multilingual society like Indonesia, people often utilize multiple languages, each for different purposes. Their language choice might indicate their attitudes towards each language (Romaine, 2017). This study investigates language choice and language attitudes among the Gorontalese, who reside in the Gorontalo province of Indonesia. Urban Gorontalese (n=331) from different age groups, genders, and educational backgrounds participated in an online sociolinguistic survey. The survey explored the following: language use of English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Gorontalo language in different domains, and language attitudes for each. Descriptive statistical analysis showed that Bahasa Indonesia was used predominantly in many different domains by 85.8% of Gorontalese. Only 39.5% of the participants can create some phrases and simple sentences in Gorontalo language. The study also discovered that most Gorontalese have positive attitudes towards their mother tongue. More than half of the participants agreed about the importance of: (1) knowing and using their local language, (2) maintaining and teaching the language to their children, (3) acknowledging the language as a part of their identity, and (4) keeping their language alive. This study also described the implications of the community language choices and language attitudes towards the maintenance of the Gorontalo language and drew into question Indonesia's language education policy, a law that is still imposed even after signing the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).