Abstract
<p>Nias language is one of the local languages used in Indonesia. This Nias language speakers are on the island of Nias in North Sumatra Province. Nias language is part of the proto-Austronesian languages. The use of Nias language is spoken in the area of North Nias, West Nias, and South Nias. The use of this language in the three districts of Nias certainly has a kinship relationship either of similar or different. Definitely the derivation of this Austronesian language, Nias language, is reflected lexically in Nias language which is bequeathed either linearly or innovatively. The lexicostatistics and glotochronology methods were utilized to investigate the kinship relationship of three languages spoken in North Nias, West Nias and South Nias based on Swadesh 200 words. The data collection of the three languages in North, West and South of Nias is obtained from the informant interviews, observation and native informant speech recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Key words: <strong>Nias language</strong><strong>, Proto Austronesia, le</strong><strong>xico</strong><strong>statisti</strong><strong>c</strong><strong>, k</strong><strong>inship.</strong></p>
Highlights
The comparative historical linguistics or diachronic linguistics is a branch of linguistics discussing the kinship relationship between language and the equality of languages
Historical research was conducted on Proto Austronesian languages and Nias language, to determine and prove whether these languages have the closeness of kinship, it is done by two approaches, namely quantitative and qualitative approaches
A quantitative approach exposures the lexicostatistics methods used to obtain an idea of the percentage of closeness of kinship North Nias language, West Nias language and South Nias language, 2.2 Research sites This research was conducted in the Nias province by taking to the three locations of Nias districts namely North Nias in the district Afulu and Alasa, and West Nias district in the district Mandrehe Mandrehe and North and South Nias district in the district Gomo and Bawomataluo
Summary
The comparative historical linguistics or diachronic linguistics is a branch of linguistics discussing the kinship relationship between language and the equality of languages. Language and historical kinship is one specific area. The kinship relationship or the derivation found is abstracted in the form of the terminology. It is implied that linguistic facts are formed as the basis of determining and proving of the kinship relationship. The fact of that linguistics describes the historical process of the relatives of those languages in the course of time. The trace and the interpretation of their language evolution symptoms in the past became the main feature of diachronic linguistics
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