Lexical Comparison between Ombilin Subdialect and Standard Minangkabaunese

Abstract

This study aims to compare the Ombilin sub-dialect and Standard Minangkabau language. The purpose of this research was (1) to identify the lexical similarities between Ombilin sub-dialect and Standard Minangkabaunese (2) to identify the lexical differences between Ombilin sub-dialect and Standard Minangkabaunese.In this study, the researcher used a descriptive method; it is possible to compare Ombilin sub-dialect with a Standard Minangkabau language to find out how close the relationship between this dialects. Therefore, the researcher collected the data through direct observation to Ombilin region. Then, the researcher compared the Ombilin sub-dialect with the Standard Minangkabau language. The instruments used were recorder and notebook.In the results of this research, it can be seen that Ombilin sub-dialect has a very close relationship with the Standard Minangkabau language, because Ombilin sub-dialect is one of the variations in Minangkabau language. The differences found in vocabulary and speech in each word. There are at least two differences found in the Ombilin sub-dialect (1) the phoneme /a/ changes to /o/ at the beginning of the word; (2) very different vocabulary. Although the vocabulary has changed, it still has the same meaning as the standard Minangkabau language.