Abstract
The Malay language that is spoken in Karimun Regency is a unique and diverse language. The uniqueness and diversity of the Malay language lies in phonology. The purpose of this study is to analyze the phonological variations and phonological differences of the Malay language in Karimun Regency, Riau Islands. The focused places of this study are located in three districts, namely Karimun District, West-Kundur District and Moro District. This study uses a dialect geography approach and qualitative descriptive. The data were collected by using the listening that is followed by simak libat cakap method, recording, and taking notes technique. The results showed that the Karimun Malay language has phonological variations in the form of vowel and consonant variations. Phonological variations happen due to geographic locations between different observation areas and they are obliviously limited to other regions. The phonological differences of the Karimun Malay language in the three observation places are categorized in speech difference. The results of data calculated is analyzed the phonological dialectometric method of Karimun Malay language in the three observation places is 4-7% in percentage.
Highlights
Language is the most common symbol of nationality and it is seen as the main physical sign of a group's identity (Aman, 2009)
Malay language of Riau Islands is the parent language of Indonesian language. This is stated by Malik (2013), that Indonesian comes from the Malay language of the Riau Islands
This research is motivated by the discovery of phonological variations on the form of vowel and consonant variations in the Malay language used in Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province, especially in Karimun, West-Kundur and Moro
Summary
Language is the most common symbol of nationality and it is seen as the main physical sign of a group's identity (Aman, 2009). This research is motivated by the discovery of phonological variations on the form of vowel and consonant variations in the Malay language used in Karimun Regency, Riau Islands Province, especially in Karimun, West-Kundur and Moro. The phonological variations of the Malay language spoken by the society in Karimun, West Kundur and Moro are caused by each observation area which is directly adjacent to other countries, other provinces, and other islands. This opinion is supported by Sultan and Jamil (2019) who stated that language variations come up due to the geographical location that is bordering with other areas; and it is caused by rivers, mountains and forests. This opinion is supported by Sultan and Jamil (2019) who stated that language variations come up due to the geographical location that is bordering with other areas; and it is caused by rivers, mountains and forests. Harahap (2014) states that there are several factors causing the emergence of language variations, namely geographical factors, social position factors and language situation factors
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