Abstract: The objective to be achieved in this research is to describe the types of speech acts on katoba in the Muna community. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. This study uses a pragmatic approach. This type of research is field research. The data of this study are oral data from the utterance in katoba in Muna community which consists of several stages, namely participants who are said to sit cross-legged by holding a white cloth, Istighfar Pronunciation, Tauhid utterances after that say the two sentences of shahada and Giving teaching (advice) katoba. The techniques used for data collection are recording and interview techniques. This research uses a pragmatic analysis method and refers to J.R Searle's speech act theory in analyzing data. The data analysis technique was carried out with data recording transcript steps, data classification, data analysis and data description.The results obtained from this study are the types of speech acts of katoba in the Muna community consisting of representative, directive, expressive, commissive and declarative speech acts. The representative form consists of reporting, demanding; directive form consists of begging and commanding; expressive form that is sorry; commissive form consists of swearing; and declarative forms of prohibiting and approving. Keywords: Speech Actions, Katoba
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