Abstract
A dialect can effect how a word prounounced diffferently. This study aimed to see how local languages affect Indonesian dialects among people who are still actively using their local languages such as Javanese language, Batak mandailing language, Batak Toba language and Malay. They live in Percut Sei Tuan District of North Sumatra. The research used Qualitative approach. The Informants of the research were taken based on the research data needed. The informants were given a list of 200 vocabularies to be pronounced taken from theory of Swadesh. it was obtained with various dialects in pronouncing indonesian words, there are 161 vocabularies that pronounced diffenerently by the informants but it was still able to understand. The local languages have effects on pronouncing Indonesian word. The diffenrent pronounciation was categorized as subdialect difference. it was at the level of 37,5 (31% - 50% = considered subdialect difference).
Highlights
Language as a medium of social interaction has a variety of forms, Another point of view states language is a tool to reflect thoughts, feelings, ideas, or another words, language can be said to be a system of free vocal symbols that are used by community members asa means of cooperating or relating (Agus, 2019)
The informants were given a list of 200 vocabularies to be pronounced taken from theory of Swadesh. it was obtained with various dialects in pronouncing indonesian words, there are 161 vocabularies that pronounced diffenerently by the informants but it was still able to understand
The diffenrent pronounciation was categorized as subdialect difference. it was at the level of 37,5 (31% - 50% = considered subdialect difference)
Summary
Language as a medium of social interaction has a variety of forms, Another point of view states language is a tool to reflect thoughts, feelings, ideas, or another words, language can be said to be a system of free vocal symbols that are used by community members asa means of cooperating or relating (Agus, 2019). Factor contributing to the diversity of languages is the time, place, socio-cultural situation and the means of disclosure, while according to Nababan, these factors include: local, group or social circumstances, situation and level of formality, as well as different age It seems that both these opinions have similarity in point of view about the causes of the diversity of languages who have common traits and more similar to each other than with other forms of speech and dialect of the same language does not have to take all forms of speech of a language. Vocabulary of any kind will not serve as a symbol for someone who does not know the meaning
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